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.