The A-1 Skyraider, introduced during World War II, became the U.S.'s last propeller-driven attack aircraft. First flown in ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering for special operators, will be known as the Skyraider II, the service ...

Built by defense contractor L3Harris, the OA-1K Skyraider II won the Armed Overwatch Program and is designed to provide special operations forces with reliable and effective close air support ...

The propeller-driven Skyraider II pays homage to the Cold War-era propeller plane that delivered close air support during the Vietnam War.

L3Harris won the contract to build a fleet of Skyraider II fighter planes for U.S. Special Operations Command. The new plane won't be a jet, but a turboprop armed with 6,000 pounds of bombs and ...

The Skyraider II is based on L3Harris’ multi-mission OA-1 Sky Warden aircraft, which is tailorable to meet a variety of mission requirements for U.S. and allied operators. About L3Harris ...

BI got a close look at the Sky Warden, or Skyraider II, attack airplane that was delivered to Air Force special operations.

The Skyraider II is based on L3Harris' multi-purpose OA-1 Sky Warden aircraft, which can be configured to perform a wide range of missions, including close air support, precision strikes and armed ...

An homage to the A-1 Skyraiders that performed close air support missions in Korea and Vietnam, the newly named Skyraider II is based on a civilian crop duster design, and is designed to operate ...

L3Harris Skyraider II in flight. Image source: L3Harris. When does the money start rolling in? Since the original contract was awarded, the Air Force has had to pare back its order to just 62 planes.

What makes the Skyraider II program perhaps an even bigger opportunity for L3Harris, though, is its potential to expand beyond SOCOM, and beyond the U.S. Intriguingly, FlightGlobal notes that no ...