Air Force Pitches 'Armed Overwatch' Planes to Patrol Austere Regions, Police Africa Extremism
Members from Hurlburt Field, Fla., do final checks on their U-28A aircraft after landing Sept. 9, 2017, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (Jeremy McGuffin/U.S. Air Force)
17 Feb 2021
Air Force Special Operations Command's Armed Overwatch program will be very different from the service's failed pursuit of turboprop or armed reconnaissance jet aircraft, according to the top AFSOC commander.
Speaking to reporters during a Mitchell Institute event Tuesday, Lt. Gen. James Slife said AFSOC's goal is to look beyond aircraft with only one core mission.
"This is not a rehash of the Air Force light attack program," he said during the virtual discussion.