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US special ops may be buying too many Armed Overwatch planes, says GAO

The Sky Warden aircraft is intended to carry out close air support, strike and ISR missions against violent extremist groups in permissive areas.

By Stephen Losey

12 months ago

MacDill Air Force Base orders evacuations as Hurricane Idalia nears

The National Hurricane Center expects Idalia to become a hurricane later on Monday.

By Zamone Perez and Jonathan Lehrfeld

15 months ago

What could derail great power competition? A terrorist attack.

Special operations must continue counterterrorism and crisis response while also competing with peer adversaries such as Russia and China, experts said.

19 months ago

Barriers still prevent women from joining special ops, watchdog says

Inconsistent policies to prevent gender discrimination and sexual harassment are among the barriers to why women make up less than 10% of special ops.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

24 months ago

Oklahoma Air Guard base tapped as likely armed overwatch schoolhouse

No other installations are in the running to host the schoolhouse.

By Rachel S. Cohen

24 months ago

How L3Harris created US special operators’ new plane to hunt and strike terrorists

“We were trying to look at our own past experiences and understand what made it work,” L3Harris' Luke Savoie said of the design process for the AT-802U Sky Warden, U.S. Special Operations Command's new Armed Overwatch plane.

By Stephen Losey

2 years ago