{"id":30796,"date":"2026-05-19T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/19\/war-in-pieces-air-force-wants-special-ops-plane-that-can-be-built-on-the-fly\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:15:10","slug":"war-in-pieces-air-force-wants-special-ops-plane-that-can-be-built-on-the-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2026\/05\/19\/war-in-pieces-air-force-wants-special-ops-plane-that-can-be-built-on-the-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"War in pieces: Air Force wants special ops plane that can be built on the fly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Special Operations Command is testing whether it can take its new Skyraider II apart, pack it inside a cargo jet and put it back together in the field, <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/tech-tactics\/air-force-skyraider-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">officials said this week at Special Operations Forces Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The single-engine, prop-driven OA-1K, a militarized version of the Air Tractor AT-802 crop duster, is built to give isolated special operations teams eyes overhead and firepower on call from rough dirt strips with little support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is essentially a Swiss Army Knife of airborne capability,\u201d Lt. Col. Robert Wilson, AFSOC\u2019s armed overwatch requirements branch chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/tech-tactics\/air-force-skyraider-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRapid disassembly and reassembly means, in a matter of hours, the aircraft can be loaded into mobility aircraft like a C-5 or C-17 for worldwide deployment,\u201d Wilson said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/565557\/afsoc-unveils-oa-1k-skyraider-ii-rapid-deployment-capability-sof-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">an AFSOC release<\/a>. \u201cWith the OA-1K, \u2018any place, any time, anywhere\u2019 is not just a motto, but an actual capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Mike Conley, AFSOC commander, added in the release that the OA-1K \u201coffers a unique and modular solution for a wide range of operations, including armed overwatch, at a fraction of a cost of other platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost case rests on platform consolidation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-24-106283.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">A 2023 Government Accountability Office report<\/a> noted SOCOM refers to the mix of close air support, strike and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft flown over a single special operations mission as \u201cthe stack.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/565557\/afsoc-unveils-oa-1k-skyraider-ii-rapid-deployment-capability-sof-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">AFSOC has pitched<\/a> the modular Skyraider II as a cheaper airframe that can do the work of many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force now flies 18 Skyraider IIs and expects \u201ca handful more\u201d by October, Wilson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft, named for the Vietnam-era A-1 Skyraider, currently operates out of Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, and will eventually operate from Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program of record is 75 aircraft, but the Pentagon has cut the funded total to 53. 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