Anyone know what aircraft this is?

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VXforEveryone@reddit

Skywarden, i will never call it a Skyraider

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NoGiCollarChoke@reddit

Yeah the whole “[Old Plane Name] II” is lame as hell, but this one is the worst. Skywarden or Longsword were way better names.

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Appropriate-Count-64@reddit

Lightning II for the F-35 was also a bit wacky. It’s not even a twin engine design, so wouldn’t like Thunderbolt II or something have been better?

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AnotherNitG@reddit

The A-10 is the official thunderbolt II, but like the F35 no one uses its government name

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BackgroundGrade@reddit

The gubm't can't trust the chem trail ops to the civilian airliners anymore, this is the solution.

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Demongornot@reddit

When you need tactical glider towing and crops dustings

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matt12992@reddit

That is also my local airport, they have some cool planes parked there every now and then

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agha0013@reddit

OA-1K Skyraider II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3Harris_OA-1K_Skyraider_II

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monkeyman103@reddit

It’s a badass looking plane. Is this the crop duster militerizred guy?

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agha0013@reddit

AT-802 is the baseline cropduster. OA-1K is what it becomes after the militarization package.

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marksman1023@reddit

Last war? You didn't believe them when they said GWOT was over, did you?

In all seriousness, there will never be any shortage of brush fires where we send small teams of dudes and dudettes to settle business, and these would be useful for that. There's a reason that it's SOCOM that's acquiring these.

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ZZ9ZA@reddit

It’s a saying. Generals are always preparing to fight the last war. As in the last one they fought and the tactics use, not the current situation.

Like building this thing instead of just using drones

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marksman1023@reddit

Oh, I'm familiar. There are limits to what drones can accomplish, don't let the Drone Rangers tell you different.

Tactics developed in the Middle East will still be effective in similar counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism fights. They're not going away, much as we'd like them to, and I wish there was greater awareness of that.

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awad190@reddit

Check the Archangel by IOMAX, that's a newer version of this concept, 10 years old new.

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Shawn_Wolf27@reddit

The Skyraider, aka we took a crop duster and strapped a bunch of tech and guns to it 🤣

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Great_Swan_3185@reddit

How is the cockpit so far back on the body? What keeps it from flying more nose-down

Signed, Not-an-aero engineer

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outdoorsman997@reddit

Spicy Cropduster

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egvp@reddit

Interestingly it no longer appears to carry an external registration. OP, don’t suppose you managed any more images of it?

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BernoullisGhost@reddit

That looks a lot like Max Westheimer Airport.

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cnollz@reddit

Hi KOUN 👋 their call sign sounds like “hobo” but I think it’s lobo, not sure. They do 2/3 laps at KRQO in as much time it takes a new student to do one. Very fun to watch!

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ISandbagAtMarioKart@reddit

I was about to say, I haven’t lived in Norman in 12 years but saw that Embassy Suites in the background and immediately knew it was Max Westheimer

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JP5-LIFE@reddit

By reading these comments I guess I’m the only one who thinks that plane is hideous lmao

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YoBigB@reddit

No, my internet compadre. You are not alone. This shit looks like it came from Temu. You can't be serious and tell me with a straight face that the A-10 is obsolete and this is the best we could do.

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exploringtheworld797@reddit

The A-10 replacement hahahaha.

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Mad_kat4@reddit

Imagine a GAU-8 mounted to this.... Brrrrrrrrt and flying backwards we go. 😁

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RobinOldsIsGod@reddit

Pilots would rather have an ejection seat.

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MadjLuftwaffe@reddit

Can someone explain why this is better than investing in drones,what are the benefits of this over smaller,cheaper and more expendable drones.

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Silent-Wonder6546@reddit

I just can't take it seriously, a Tucano wouldve been cooler

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future__fires@reddit

The coolest aircraft ever produced

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StockholmParkk@reddit

its an OA-1K skyraider, its basically a military crop duster.

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AsanineTrip@reddit

Who would have thought that a militarized crop duster would look so fucking cool?! What's the propsed use for these bad boys besides looking SICK?

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Majakowski@reddit

Killing farmers, journalists and wedding guests. The export-version can also kill union leaders.

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marksman1023@reddit

Manned Close Air Support for sneaky special forces dudes in permissive skies.

Think the Middle East or Africa where there's not an opposing air force or really any air defenses to speak of beyond small arms and maybe a shoulder-fired missile.

It's a bomb and rocket truck with a tiny fraction of the operating costs of an F-15E Strike Eagle, with the bonus of being dirt simple to maintain and having the ability to operate from grass fields or small improved runways.

And yes, it's fricking cool!

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pfxr55@reddit (OP)

Thanks all!

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thetampa2@reddit

Thats an OA-1K Skyraider II. New special operations close air support aircraft.

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OptionalChief@reddit

It's the OA-1K Skyraider II.

https://www.twz.com/air/oa-1k-light-attack-special-ops-aircraft-officially-named-skyraider-ii

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justaskeptic@reddit

OA1k Skyraider II

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Tanto_024@reddit

OA-1K Skyraider II