But what may sometimes get lost in the shuffle is the fact that AFSOC has employed its fair share of single-engine prop ...

As such, AFSOC turned to its hangers, and in this case, found an inventive way to transform one of its stalwart aircrafts. The command is currently in the testing phase of the amphibious MC-130’s ...

AFSOC previously received two AT-802U trainer aircraft at Hurlburt Field on Jun. 28, 2024, in a representative tail wheel configuration, to train crews for the missionized Armed Overwatch (OA-1K ...

But AFSOC still hasn’t justified why it needs 75 light attack aircraft, planes that would be relatively useless in a fight with an adversary like China, with advanced air defenses and fighter jets.

The MQ-9 drones of USSOCOM and AFSOC will get cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities, as well as a podded Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense capability.

The venerable Reaper UAV could become a mothership for a single-operator drone swarm, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command said recently. AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise project ...

U.S. AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, steps from the OA-1K Skyraider II as part of a delivery ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Apr. 3, 2025.