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U-28 Draco

10 Airmen Make History as the First U-28 Crews to Receive Distinguished Flying Crosses

Nov. 21, 2023 | By David Roza
Airmen who operate the U-28 Draco spy plane usually do so in the shadows, providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in support of special operations ground troops, search and rescue, and humanitarian missions.  But 10 Airmen made history Nov. 17...

SOCOM: ‘Stretched Thin’ Forces Need New Armed Overwatch Solution

March 25, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
U.S. special operations forces need a new armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft to fully support all its missions, Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 25. “In many remote areas, intelligence, surveillance, ...

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