U.S. Air Force Again Assesses Light Attack Aircraft
July 25 2017
The U.S. Air Force OA-X light attack competition pits the Embraer/Sierra Nevada A-29B
Super Tucano; the Beechcraft (Textron) AT-6 Wolverine; and the Textron AirLand Scorpion.
Above, an A-29 Super Tucano flies over Afghanistan during a mission on April 6, 2016.
The U.S. Air Force has been toying with the idea of acquiring light attack aircraft for nearly a decade. Such aircraft could perform observation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and light strike...
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