October 23, 2025Oct 23 23 minutes ago, herkbier said: Looks like one just crashed, cockpit looks ok. Hope the pilot made it out without serious injuries.
October 23, 2025Oct 23 War Tractor seems to say "when", even gave a sign! Anyhow...glad they're safe....and...wonder how far they glid because thats twice now and spreading the glide ratio internally would be good practice seeing how it could be averaged now. https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/topic/24109-afsoc-oa-1k-incident/ Edited October 23, 2025Oct 23 by Swizzle + link
October 23, 2025Oct 23 Glad they are okay! Speculation time: Prop looks feathered and the wing damage was reportedly after the fact and hit a pole during the ELP. So...is this a "we fucked with the proven* PT-6 design" issue? Edited October 24, 2025Oct 24 by StoleIt * spelling
October 24, 2025Oct 24 24 minutes ago, StoleIt said: Glad they are okay! Speculation time: Prop looks feathered and the wing damage was reportedly after the fact and hit a pole during the ELP. Engine quit....again. 27 minutes ago, StoleIt said: So...is this a "we fucked with the proben PT-6 design" issue? Oddly, no....well sort of. Has been flying with an Air Tractor STC that is now an issue.
October 25, 2025Oct 25 On 10/23/2025 at 4:21 PM, ClearedHot said: That sign better end up in a squadron bar
October 26, 2025Oct 26 20 hours ago, FourFans said: That sign better end up in a squadron bar That's what she said. (Just south of Kitchen Lake Park in OKC) Edited October 26, 2025Oct 26 by fire4effect
October 26, 2025Oct 26 Sorry, too subtle humor on my part about the stop sign. Also, location of mishap was south of Kitchen Lake Park in OKC
February 13Feb 13 The AviationistL3Harris Pitches Red Wolf and OA-1K Skyraider II Integrat...The integration of the Red Wolf missile opens up a host of possibilities for the Skyraider II, as the USAF figures out its future in a high-intensity
10 hours ago10 hr On 2/13/2026 at 9:21 AM, Clark Griswold said:The AviationistL3Harris Pitches Red Wolf and OA-1K Skyraider II Integrat...The integration of the Red Wolf missile opens up a host of possibilities for the Skyraider II, as the USAF figures out its future in a high-intensitySad there is not a single comment on this...probably why we are stuck in a do loop of our own dogma. If done properly this will change everything. Also under the radar is the fact that the Marines are integrating the same missile on their Cobras. Now small platforms can operate from austere forward dirt strips, grass fields, beaches...and have a strategic impact be striking targets at distance with very short notice and from non-traditional attack vectors. 200NM is just the start, follow-on cheap weapons have been tested out at 600NM. Add the ability to swarm and you can hold adversaries at risk at a MUCH lower exchange ratio.
2 hours ago2 hr 7 hours ago, ClearedHot said:Sad there is not a single comment on this...probably why we are stuck in a do loop of our own dogma. If done properly this will change everything. Also under the radar is the fact that the Marines are integrating the same missile on their Cobras. Now small platforms can operate from austere forward dirt strips, grass fields, beaches...and have a strategic impact be striking targets at distance with very short notice and from non-traditional attack vectors. 200NM is just the start, follow-on cheap weapons have been tested out at 600NM. Add the ability to swarm and you can hold adversaries at risk at a MUCH lower exchange ratio. It’s cultural I think, for whatever reason I think the powers that be think these platforms are beneath the prestige of the AF. Following from that they’ll present an endless stream of arguments of why giving a nickel to small programs robs big programs, it’s a prejudice that they find reasons to justify.With the long range fires being demonstrated by our foes with TBMs/cheap drones destroying HVAAs at MOBs on the ground, the justification for some amount of conventional capabilities being based in small footprint, ACE minded assets is self evident.Tactical tanker, expeditionary capable light fighter, light attack and CCA / UCAV, etc…Just my day dreaming two cents but this sounds like the bailiwicks of a new AFSOC to be relevant in GPCs.
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