The AT-802 Skywarden started as a crop duster but has evolved into one of the most unexpected tools in modern warfare. In this video, we uncover how this aircraft’s robust design and advanced ...

After years in the making, U.S. Special Operations Command’s dream of a fleet of brand new multi-role “armed ... based first flew in the 1990s as a crop duster. Its rugged airframe and ...

For example, Defense News reported that the head of Air Force ... Some of the most documented risks of military crop-dusting planes are as part of international arms trading schemes.

Officially designated the OA-1K, the Skyraider II is based on the Air Tractor AT-802 crop duster ... Army officer and previously reported for America’s National Public Radio system in New ...

Air Tractor, the American firm that makes the popular AT-802 crop duster, introduced a militarized ... began modifying AT-802s for military use in 2008, either for reconnaissance or as a ground attack ...

The new OA-1K aircraft ... a time of skepticism by government watchdogs into how the military plans to use the modified crop duster for special operations missions. The Government Accountability ...

Armed resistance afterwards to the American military and to the new government of Iraq became ... and heavy payload capacity made it an ideal crop duster. As a crop duster, the plane was used ...

NEW HAMPTON - Crop dusters fly low, but they're no longer under the radar. Terrorists made sure of that. The agricultural aviation industry was forever changed by the terrorist attacks against New ...