A news report from Michigan claims that a state forester has found the wreckage of an Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion that crashed in 1964 after taking off from K.I. Sawyer AFB, Mich. The pilot, who ejected safely, was with the Minnesota ANG, reports WLUC TV 6 news. The question of the moment is why the wreckage was never removed. A Minnesota Guard spokesman told the news station that “times were much different then.”
As L3Harris proves its OA-1K Skyraider II special operations aircraft can carry a signals intelligence sensor and electronic attack weapon, a key congressional committee is poised to boost production of the converted Air Tractor prop plane.