Aerial application of pesticides, or crop dusting, is a crucial part of modern agriculture, increasing crop yields and reducing losses by billions of dollars annually. The job of an ag pilot is ...

An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster plane used for special operations, an announcement that comes as watchdogs ...

Air Tractor, an agricultural aviation manufacturer located in Olney, is showcasing its product a long way from the familiar fields of North Texas. One of the company’s aircraft is on display at the ...

SUMNER COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — A crop-dusting pilot landed his plane safely after the plane hit some power lines in Sumner County, the Kansas Highway Patrol says. The KHP said the plane damaged several ...

No injuries were reported amongst the crew, which included an Air Force active duty personnel and a civilian. The OA-1K Skyraider II is an armed ISR aircraft with close-air support and strike ...

A pair of crop dusters collided over a field near Morton, Texas, Friday, with a pilot dying and another seriously hurt. The two pilots were the only people on board the two Air Tractor AT-502s when ...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released a photo of the plane that crashed Tuesday afternoon near Centralia. The Air Tractor AT-402A crop dusting plane crashed around 1:15 p.m. in a corn field ...

It’s the ultimate in repurposing. Pilots with U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, trained to fly some of the most sophisticated, stealthy, high-tech planes ever built, will soon be going to war ...

August 20, 2022: The U.S. Air Force component of SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has selected the AT-802U, the military version of the AT-802 crop duster, to become its Sky Warden Armed Overwatch ...

When Roger Krause's 1985 600HP Air Tractor crop dusting plane started sputtering and losing power over grain fields near Little Cedar last Wednesday morning, he didn't panic. The 62-year old pilot was ...