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Latest Special Operations Aviation Stories
Special Ops C-130 Tests Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missiles In The Arctic
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 9, 2022
Helicopter-Borne Commandos ‘Raid’ Yacht In Newport Beach Harbor For Charity
By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 18, 2022
US Special Operators Carry Out Helicopter Raid On ISIS Leader In Syria (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Oct 6, 2022
C-130 Seaplane Should Fly In 2023 Says Air Force Special Ops Commander
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 21, 2022
Modified Crop Duster Chosen For Special Ops Armed Overwatch Mission
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 2, 2022
Nighttime U.S. Helicopter Raid Captures ‘Senior Daesh Leader’ In Syria (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 15, 2022
Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 14, 2022
This Is Our Best Look Yet At The MH-6’s Plank-Mounted Machine Gun
By Emma Helfrich / Updated May 20, 2022
Little Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation Plan
By Dan Parsons / Updated May 19, 2022
Unmanned Resupply Gliders Will Take Part In Largest Special Operations Exercise (Updated)
By Brett Tingley / Updated Feb 14, 2022
One Of U.S. Special Operation Command’s Shyest Spy Planes Has A New Name
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 11, 2021
It Looks Like A C-130 Seaplane Is Finally Happening
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 15, 2021
Special Operations Command Wants Tiny Cruise Missiles With Hundreds Of Miles Range
By Michael Peck / Updated Sep 7, 2021
Night Stalker Little Bird Helicopters Flew German Commandos On Kabul Mission: Report
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 25, 2021
RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 17, 2021
MC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise Missiles
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 26, 2021
Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 1, 2021
Special Ops MH-47 Chinooks Can Use These Fuel Dump Pipes To Help Climb Over Mountains
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 14, 2021
Special Operations Command Is Now Seeking A High-Speed VTOL Aircraft
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 20, 2021
Watch This Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Execute A Maritime Rope Ladder Extraction
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 10, 2021
Navy SEALs And Army Night Stalkers Captured In Amazing Photos During Virginia Exercise
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 10, 2021
Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 4, 2021
Photo Emerges Of Shadowy Intelligence Gathering “Ghost Plane” In Somalia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 28, 2021
The Air Force Finally Has Its First New AT-6E Wolverine Light Attack Aircraft
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 18, 2021
Check Out This AC-130 Gunship Pilot Wearing A Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Fatal Night Stalker Helicopter Crash Has Occurred On San Clemente Island
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 31, 2020
Night Stalker MH-47 Emerges With Mystery Modifications During Training In Colorado
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 9, 2020
Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears at Special Operations Exercise
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2020
Unmasking The S-92 Mystery Helicopter In Syria Which Was Spotted Again Near Raqqa
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 5, 2020
Nightstalkers Show Off For the Public With a Dramatic Urban Air Assault
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2020
These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Secretive U.S. Task Force Has Been Criss-Crossing Asian Skies
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Shedding Some Light On The Pentagon’s Most Shadowy Aviation Units
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Here’s What Those Mysterious Helicopters That Woke Up The Oregon Coast Were Doing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 1, 2020
Air Force Unveils First Test Of Arsenal Plane Concept And New CLEAVER Munition
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 28, 2020
Russian Commandos Jump From 33,000 Feet Over The Arctic In Unprecedented Exercise
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 27, 2020
Mystery Objects Simultaneously Emerge From Hangars Again At Secretive Tonopah Airport
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 4, 2020
Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2019
AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 10, 2019