Sept. 5 (UPI) --Orbital ATK has received a $69.4 million contract for the Afghanistan air force's AC-208 armed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. The contract, announced last ...

Wagner/Air Force) A new light attack aircraft could provide the Air Force ... as well as the A-10 Warthog and AC-130 gunship, to wage war against the Taliban, Islamic State, and other insurgent ...

There's already some familiarity with the Cessna 208 Caravan airframe in the Afghan Air Force—the service currently owns 24 of them for use as transport and utility aircraft. Aside from four C ...

U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to pick up 75 light attack aircraft to conduct “armed ... by platforms like the MQ-9 Reaper and the AC-130J gunship,” as Air Force Magazine reported ...

The Beechcraft AT-6B Wolverine, left, and the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano are the likely contenders for the Air Force's light attack aircraft ... airmen flying aircraft like the AC-130, MQ-9 ...