The last time the Air Force operated an agile single-engine tailwheel airplane was in 1972 when it turned the last of its Douglas A-1E, A-1H and A-1J Skyraiders over to the South Vietnamese Air Force.

Air Tractor aircraft have carried weapons before, such as 50-caliber guns and 7.62 miniguns, Savoie said. The Sky Warden could be armed with six weapons stations, ...

Air Force pilots have begun training with two Air Tractor AT-802U turboprop taildraggers in anticipation of first deliveries of OA-1K Sky Warden light attack aircraft later this year.

Air Tractor has manufactured aircraft for 46 years, and is a leading manufacturer of aircraft for agricultural, firefighting and utility applications.

Air Tractor Inc. is a United States aircraft manufacturer based in Olney, Texas. Leland Snow founded the company in 1978 in order to manufacture a new agricultural aircraft derived from the S-2B ...

Air Tractor aircraft “were developed precisely to operate in austere environments with limited infrastructure,” Jim Hirsch, president of Air Tractor, said in a statement.

The Skyraider II is based on Air Tractor’s AT-802U Sky Warden, a heavily modified crop dusting-style plane that can be outfitted to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

According to Air Tractor's website, the AT-802U is outfitted with eight wing-mounted hard points capable of carrying 500 ...

The Skyraider II is based on Air Tractor’s AT-802U Sky Warden, a heavily modified crop dusting-style plane that can be outfitted to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster plane used for special operations, an announcement that comes as watchdogs ...