--- title: "Air Force’s Crop Duster Converted Into Attack Plane Crash Lands In Field (Updated)" description: "Air Force Special Operations Command's new OA-1K light attack plane made a crash landing in a field not far from Will Rogers International Airport today." date: "2025-10-23" modified: "2025-10-23" authors: - name: "Tyler Rogoway" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md" url: "https://www.twz.com/air/air-forces-crop-duster-converted-into-attack-plane-crash-lands-in-field" categories: - "Air" - "Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)" - "Attack" - "Light Air Support" - "Special Operations Aviation" --- # Air Force’s Crop Duster Converted Into Attack Plane Crash Lands In Field (Updated) ![An OA-1K, like the one seen in the picture at the top of this story, crashed today.]() *File Photo 96th Test Wing* One of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's [new OA-1K Skyraider II light attack aircraft]() crashed today, not far from Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma, where the type is based as part of a partnership [between the 492nd and 137th Special Operations Wings](). Both crew members onboard — a contractor and an active-duty service member — were not injured in the incident, thankfully. Images of the Skyraider II sitting damaged in a field began circulating on social media this afternoon. https://twitter.com/N214WN/status/1981462185080738037 https://twitter.com/thenewarea51/status/1981489194091393474 The Oklahoma Air National Guard says that the aircraft was out on a training mission when the incident occurred and that the circumstances are currently under investigation. The [OA-1K is brand new to the USAF's inventory](), with the type fulfilling what is something of the final culmination of a long string of aborted requirements for a light attack aircraft specially configured for low-intensity missions, such as counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations. A synopsis of the OA-1K from a previous *[TWZ]()*[ article on its official naming]() can be read below: *The two-seat OA-1K can carry up to 6,000 pounds of munitions and other stores, including precision-guided missiles and bombs and podded sensor systems, on up to eight underwing pylons. L3Harris [has previously said]() the aircraft can fly out to an area up to 200 miles away and loiter there for up to six hours with a typical combat load. They also have a “robust suite of radios and datalinks providing multiple means for line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) communications,” [according to the company]().* *AFSOC currently plans to acquire 75 Skyraider IIs, with the first example to be delivered this spring. The turboprop-powered OA-1K, a militarized derivative of the popular [Air Tractor AT-802 crop duster](), is a tail-dragging design like the much larger piston-engined Skyraider. The Skyraider II is set to be the first tail-dragging tactical combat aircraft anywhere in U.S. military inventory in decades."* You can also check out our exclusive tour of the aircraft in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nKCBO8hfFw It's quite possible the aircraft's crop-duster roots helped keep the airframe and its crew intact when it came down in the field, as it's built to operate from rough fields even in its suped-up military configuration. We will update this post with any new information that becomes available in the next 24 hours about the mishap. UPDATE: We have dashcam footage showing just how close the Skyraider II came to hitting a car while making its emergency landing in the field: https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1981709218823475257 We also have new image of the damage to the aircraft: https://twitter.com/Schizointel/status/1981536545648918882 *Contact the author: Tyler@twz.com* ## Author Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day. ### Author social links [Twitter]()