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 ...

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 ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering for special operators, will be known as the Skyraider II, the service’s ...

The AT-802 Skywarden started as a crop duster but has evolved into one of the most unexpected tools in modern warfare. In this video, we uncover how this aircraft’s robust design and advanced upgrades ...

Deliveries of the Pyka Pelican 2 UAV to Brazil are to begin in August 2025. Credit: Pyka Pyka has won a firm order for 60 autonomous crop duster aircraft to be sold to a Brazilian distributor. The ...

YUMA — The crop-duster, that icon of both aviation and agricultural history, brings several images to mind. There's the wild-eyed barnstormer in a biplane who buzzes in low over houses and onto the ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Huff-Daland Duster was designed in 1925 for a new method of controlling agricultural insect pests, aerial crop ...

Pyka has expanded its deal with ag giant SLC Agrícola to supply its autonomous crop spraying aircraft to operate across farms ...