Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...

Editor's note: The headline and story were updated to reflect that Robert Howard is the only soldier nominated three times for the Medal of Honor. Marine Dan Daly and Gen. Douglas MacArthur also ...

SOG Teams were usually inserted by helicopter, and often included the support of Hatchet Force platoons composed of South Vietnamese commandos (often from the Nung Chinese and Montagnard minorities).

The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has launched a new Vietnam war-styled light combat aircraft. The aircraft, previously known as the OA-1K, is now officially named the Skyraider II, a ...

After Officer Candidate School, he qualified for Special Forces. He was sent to Vietnam in 1964, where he would receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous and nearly fatal defense of an ...

The Skyraider II is the latest aircraft to pay homage to a legendary plane. The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the ...

Kathy Strong is on a mission to honor a fallen Vietnam War soldier she never met. This week that mission brought her to ...

The Air Force's new Skyraider II pays homage to the Skyraider used during the Vietnam War. Here, a Douglas A-1H Skyraider of the 602nd Special Operations Squadron flies over Vietnam in June 1970.