US The Air Force’s special operations crop duster crashed in a field in Oklahoma - THE CORN IS RETURNING FIRE I REPEAT THE CORN IS FIGHTING BACK.

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Source: Task and Purpose
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The Air Force opened an investigation after one of its new special operations plane, converted from a crop duster, crashed in a field in Oklahoma City shortly after take off.


The Oklahoma Air National Guard confirmed that one of Air Force Special Operation Command’s OA-1K Skyraider II’s crashed Thursday afternoon. The plane took off from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, carrying one active-duty airman from the 492nd Special Operations Wing and a civilian contractor. Both crewmembers were unhurt, according to the Air Force. According to the Oklahoma City Fire Department the plane went down near SE 119th and Sooner Road in an emergency landing shortly after take off. The plane crashed into a field, hitting two power poles along the road, which ignited a fire. Emergency responders rushed to the scene, checking on the crew and then putting out the flames.


The military and local emergency responders did not provide details into the cause of the mishap. The crash is being investigated. The Aviationist, citing flight tracking data, noted that the plane — flying under the callsign “ZORRO75” — went down southwest of Tinker Air Force Base. Dashcam footage shared by a local news network caught the Skyraider II as it came in low over a highway, crossing over the road and barely missing multiple vehicles.


It’s the first apparent mishap involving the OA-1K Skyraider II, a single-engine turboprop aircraft based on the Air Tractor AT-802U crop duster plane. The plane was developed for Air Force Special Operations Command to conduct reconnaissance missions and precision airstrikes, among other roles. After receiving its first missionized Skyraider II in April, the Oklahoma Air National Guard said that the plane “provides a cost-effective solution for supporting SOF personnel in remote locations while offering a modular design that enables rapid capability upgrades for various missions.”



A Skyraider II is parked on the flightline at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 28, 2025. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli.


Photos posted to social media by the Oklahoma City Fire Department show the plane resting in a field, with some damage to the wings, with much of the area around it disturbed. The two power line poles are knocked over or at an angle, burn marks at the base of them. The fire did not appear to reach where the Skyraider ended up. The plane itself was designed for short take offs and landings, with rough or poor airfield quality in mind.


The 492nd Special Operations Wing is based out of Hurlburt Field in Florida, however AFSOC’s training school for the plane is located at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, in partnership with the 137th Special Operations Wing of the Oklahoma Air National Guard.

 

[Rei is Shit.]

>adopt crop duster
>it hits power lines
Pottery

 

[babyDunk]

No deaths is good to hear

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

The Oklahoma Air National Guard confirmed that one of Air Force Special Operation Command’s OA-1K Skyraider II’s crashed Thursday afternoon.

Could they not come up with a new name instead of repurposing an old one? The original Skyraider was the A-10 before the A-10. At least with the A-10 Thunderbolt II you could argue its built as tough as the first one. This crop-duster looks like a stiff breeze would snap a wing.

 

[Nice Stick]

China fears the American ... checks notes ... crop duster.

 

[Male Idiot]

This plane was a rainbow rarity in Azur Lane! Wait that game is set in ww2....

Time is a flat circle isn't it?

Wait until the Chinks counter with Etrich Taubes.

At first I thought this was some CIA virus spreading MLK gayops meant to be mistaken for a regular cropduster to poison Texas if they tried going dixie.

But it is more retarded... they are costcutting back to the 1930s. I guess the F-35 ate the budget so they had to raid museums and get a prop fighter bomber.

Can't wait for the Biplane meta.

On the good news, Hungary can into MIC if we can just remember how to make the Messerschmitt Bf 109-G , it has rockets too, can be swapped for bombs, and comes with machine guns just as a bonus. We built them once, we can again!

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[Cedric_Eff]

This plane was a rainbow rarity in Azur Lane! Wait that game is set in ww2....

Time is a flat circle isn't it?

Wait until the Chinks counter with Etrich Taubes.

I thought this was some CIA virus spreading MLK gayops.

But it is more retarded they are costcutting back to the 1930s. I guess the F-35 ate the budget so they had to raid museums.

Can't wait for the Biplane meta.

You laugh but these prop planes are actually decent at CAS jobs. Especially for loitering capabilities.

Then again, compared to A-10, anything that isn’t the A-10 is better at the jobs the A-10 does.

The A-10 really isn’t anything impressive aside from its big gun.

 

[Calandrino]

Probably were going to use this to drop chemtrails so good riddance

 

[Fatsuit Shinji]

You laugh but these prop planes are actually decent at CAS jobs. Especially for loitering capabilities.

Only in no surface to air threat environments.

Then again, compared to A-10, anything that isn’t the A-10 is better at the jobs the A-10 does.

A-10s haves a much larger payload capacity, range and forcing the other side the bring along anti-air weapons to deal with it.

The A-10 really isn’t anything impressive aside from its big gun.

The gun is tertiary with the primary and secondary weapons being a mixture of PGM weapons.

Edit: I do think the A-10 needs to be replaced with a heavy drone with similar capabilities.

 

[deleuzeon]

Special operations crop duster flying domestically huh. Just training flights I'm sure. My avatar is pretty much my actual reaction

 

[Male Idiot]

You laugh but these prop planes are actually decent at CAS jobs. Especially for loitering capabilities.

Then again, compared to A-10, anything that isn’t the A-10 is better at the jobs the A-10 does.

The A-10 really isn’t anything impressive aside from its big gun.

But isn't that what a chopper does? Are Apaches too expensive?

This looks like something an Iranian would do because he couldn't find a Saheed drone.

It also looks like it would be taken apart by any AA weapon. Oerlikons to the rescue. Bofors would be overkill and hard to mount on an african tactical.

 

[Norms Abused Liver]

Plus side, a few rolls of duct tape and some 2x4s and it will be good as new!

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

I'm glad nobody was killed, but it's a shame that a plane was destroyed.

 

[ChiribiscoToo]

Someone played advanced wars as a kid and thought the crop duster was a viable option

 

[deleuzeon]

But isn't that what a chopper does? Are Apaches too expensive?

This looks like something an Iranian would do because he couldn't find a Saheed drone.

It also looks like it would be taken apart by any AA weapon. Oerlikons to the rescue.

What choppers do is get shot down. Even in Vietnam during the MACV-SOG stuff they had command elements fly way overhead in propeller planes.

 

[The Connected Nose]

But isn't that what a chopper does? Are Apaches too expensive?

Apaches are Army aircraft. The Air Force doesn't operate them.

IIRC the Army really wanted the A-10 at one point, but brass said no.

 

[Norms Abused Liver]

Someone played advanced wars as a kid and thought the crop duster was a viable option

Honestly, it makes sense. They are cheap as fuck to mass produce when needed, you would have to literally be brain dead to not be able to fly one barring mechanical failure, they are almost impervious to small arms fire as there aren't any critical things to hit aside from the engine and gas tank, and they can carry a good payload for their size. It checks all the boxes you need for a close support air vehicle.

 

[Snekposter]

Apaches are Army aircraft. The Air Force doesn't operate them.

IIRC the Army really wanted the A-10 at one point, but brass said no.

Yeah, there's a lot of bureaucratic fuckery involved. TL; DR for Kiwis, the Air Force has the responsibility of providing fixed-wing tactical support to the Army (both CAS and logistics), but being the air force they hate anything that isn't a massively expensive boondoggle that makes Boeing happy, but they refuse to let the Army handle it because that would shrink their lovely empire they've built up.

Of course, they're also prohibited from employing helicopters, the Army managing to keep control of those. As to drones, we're no doubt going to see a similar showdown between the Army and Air Force over size and mission requirements, the Army desperate to be able to provide its own air support that moves faster and carries more firepower than an Apache and the Air Force equally desperate to prevent the Army from doing so lest they be shown up as the slackers they are in that regard.

 

[William Murderface]

Let's not forget, the A-10 is a gun we strapped an airplane to. Not a plane we put a gun on. No, the gun was the important part and the plane was the add-on.

If it I had the ability, I'd put a GAU-8 on a mount in the back of a Hi-Lux for the ultimate technical. Roll that sumbitch into town when you want the other side to just go be somebody else's problem. I know there are engineering and logistical...let's say "issues"...to overcome, but I don't care. A GAU-8 in the bed of a pick up truck is probably what God drives just because it's cool.

 

[Sneed's Feed And Seed]

> Something explodes in Oklahoma City
> The government is responsible


IS THAT TWO FUCKING NICKELS