#special-operations

#special-operations

The US Air Force plane that crashed into a field in Oklahoma late Thursday afternoon was a new special operations light attack aircraft that the service first received earlier this year. The new OA-1K Skyraider II is a militarized version of the well-known Air Tractor AT-802, which is used for agricultural work like crop dusting, or aerial application of pesticides or fertilizer. The Air Force plane supports missions like close air support and armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

Officially formed in the late 1970s, Delta Force was modeled after the British SAS and quickly became the U.S. military's premier counterterrorism and direct-action unit.