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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
US special ops forces want in on AI to cut 'cognitive load' and make operator jobs easier
US special operations is using artificial intelligence to reduce the cognitive load on operators. This includes not just combat operations but also paperwork, manual tasks, and data. Various types of AI are already being employed and expanded. From warfighting to paperwork, US Special Operations Forces are interested in getting in on AI to simplify the work. The goal for these elite forces, much like it is for regular people working office jobs and using AI to sort data or compile information, is to lessen the overall cognitive load, or mental effort, required for whatever a task may be. A lot of different types of artificial intelligence are being used, and it's only growing. AI has many potential applications for the US military, from autonomous features in uncrewed systems to AI-enabled targeting to enhanced situational awareness. The Department of Defense is eager to implement this technology to prepare US forces for a high-end technological conflict chock full of data and information. Future wars could be fought in an environment where decision-making may need to happen quicker than humans alone can do, and that's where military officials see the benefit of AI and human-machine teaming. With AI, "we can reduce the cognitive burden of our operators," Col. Rhea Pritchett, the program executive officer of SOF Digital Applications, said at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida, earlier this month. Instead of worrying about other things, operators "will take that precious time to critically think about actions that they need to take next to achieve the effect that they want." AI can sift through massive amounts of data quickly to focus on necessary information in a combat scenario and it can aid in mission planning and command and control functions. This technology can also be used in battlespace awareness tools "to identify the position or location information of objects, people, and terrain — enhancing operator analysis and decision-making capabilities," Pritchett added over email. These kinds of capabilities are already being developed. But there are other functions of AI in SOF, and they aren't unlike the way civilians use ChatGPT or other AI-driven platforms for their jobs and personal lives. That includes paperwork: situational reports, concepts for operations, and forecasting supplies. The tasks that might take an operator a long time to complete and draw their focus away from other aspects of the job. Back-end work, as Ben Van Roo, CEO and cofounder of Legion Intelligence Inc, put it, could also be aided by artificial intelligence. Such work could include better search functions for analyzing DoD doctrine and understanding elements of specific locations, commands, or job positions. One prime example could be using AI tools when entering a new position to quickly get up to speed on the work. When military personnel receive orders for their next job, it can be a lot of work to learn not only the ins and outs of the position itself but also the larger bureaucracy, geographic information, and historical and political context, what their predecessor did, types of weapons and capabilities present, and so on. That is a bit different than how AI in the military is regularly perceived. "People tend to jump to Terminator," Van Roo said. "Actually, the great majority of it right now is just, people can barely even do their jobs with all these archaic systems." While there are many possibilities for AI technology in warfighting systems, such as the AI-enabled drones that are demonstrating just how effective this technology can make an uncrewed fighting platform or the AI algorithms being taught to fly fighter jets, there's much that can be done to improve the mundane. AI has the potential to address some of the headaches and help reform some older technological policies, effectively streamlining the processes. It might even have an application in assessing details for contracts and programs. "The potential to relieve the cognitive load is extremely high," Van Roo said. AI could provide assistance with what some operators might consider the more time-consuming tasks of their job and take a form similar to an AI assistant designed to take notes, gather and review key client data, transcribe meetings, and outline important takeaways. AI systems are already being used in SOF, Pritchett told BI, including generative machine learning, large language models, natural language processing, and computer vision. The rise of AI in militaries has been met with skepticism and ethical concerns from experts and officials about its implementation, especially in combat scenarios. The Pentagon has maintained that its policy on AI will keep a human in the loop for decision-making, though some observers have argued that doing so might not always be possible in a high-speed, data-driven future fight. Some have also cautioned that the technology may end up developing at a much quicker pace than Washington and the Pentagon can regulate it. Read the original article on Business Insider
Business Insider
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
US special ops forces want in on AI to cut 'cognitive load' and make operator jobs easier
From warfighting to paperwork, US Special Operations Forces are interested in getting in on AI to simplify the work. The goal for these elite forces, much like it is for regular people working office jobs and using AI to sort data or compile information, is to lessen the overall cognitive load, or mental effort, required for whatever a task may be. A lot of different types of artificial intelligence are being used, and it's only growing. AI has many potential applications for the US military, from autonomous features in uncrewed systems to AI-enabled targeting to enhanced situational awareness. The Department of Defense is eager to implement this technology to prepare US forces for a high-end technological conflict chock full of data and information. Future wars could be fought in an environment where decision-making may need to happen quicker than humans alone can do, and that's where military officials see the benefit of AI and human-machine teaming. With AI, "we can reduce the cognitive burden of our operators," Col. Rhea Pritchett, the program executive officer of SOF Digital Applications, said at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida, earlier this month. Instead of worrying about other things, operators "will take that precious time to critically think about actions that they need to take next to achieve the effect that they want." AI can sift through massive amounts of data quickly to focus on necessary information in a combat scenario and it can aid in mission planning and command and control functions. This technology can also be used in battlespace awareness tools "to identify the position or location information of objects, people, and terrain — enhancing operator analysis and decision-making capabilities," Pritchett added over email. These kinds of capabilities are already being developed. But there are other functions of AI in SOF, and they aren't unlike the way civilians use ChatGPT or other AI-driven platforms for their jobs and personal lives. That includes paperwork: situational reports, concepts for operations, and forecasting supplies. The tasks that might take an operator a long time to complete and draw their focus away from other aspects of the job. Back-end work, as Ben Van Roo, CEO and cofounder of Legion Intelligence Inc, put it, could also be aided by artificial intelligence. Such work could include better search functions for analyzing DoD doctrine and understanding elements of specific locations, commands, or job positions. One prime example could be using AI tools when entering a new position to quickly get up to speed on the military personnel receive orders for their next job, it can be a lot of work to learn not only the ins and outs of the position itself but also the larger bureaucracy, geographic information, and historical and political context, what their predecessor did, types of weapons and capabilities present, and so on. That is a bit different than how AI in the military is regularly perceived. "People tend to jump to Terminator," Van Roo said. "Actually, the great majority of it right now is just, people can barely even do their jobs with all these archaic systems." While there are many possibilities for AI technology in warfighting systems, such as the AI-enabled drones that are demonstrating just how effective this technology can make an uncrewed fighting platform or the AI algorithms being taught to fly fighter jets, there's much that can be done to improve the mundane. AI has the potential to address some of the headaches and help reform some older technological policies, effectively streamlining the processes. It might even have an application in assessing details for contracts and programs. "The potential to relieve the cognitive load is extremely high," Van Roo said. AI could provide assistance with what some operators might consider the more time-consuming tasks of their job and take a form similar to an AI assistant designed to take notes, gather and review key client data, transcribe meetings, and outline important takeaways. AI systems are already being used in SOF, Pritchett told BI, including generative machine learning, large language models, natural language processing, and computer vision. The rise of AI in militaries has been met with skepticism and ethical concerns from experts and officials about its implementation, especially in combat scenarios. The Pentagon has maintained that its policy on AI will keep a human in the loop for decision-making, though some observers have argued that doing so might not always be possible in a high-speed, data-driven future fight. Some have also cautioned that the technology may end up developing at a much quicker pace than Washington and the Pentagon can regulate it.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shell Game: Inside The Worldwide TNT Shortage
As a large supplier of 155mm and 152mm artillery shells, Saraota, Florida-based Global Ordnance requires tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT) for the explosives in its warheads and nitrocellulose to make the propellants that launch those shells. In addition, there is a tremendous need for TNT by commercial mining companies. However, the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have caused major shortages of both of these essential chemical compounds. Complicating matters further, the U.S. has not produced its own TNT for decades. During the recently concluded SOF Week conference in Tampa, we spoke with Johnny Summers, the vice president of energetics for Global Ordinance, about the shortages and their effect on the ability to produce enough artillery shells to meet U.S. and NATO needs. Some questions and answers were lightly edited for clarity. Q: Tell us about the effects of the ongoing shortage of TNT. A: We had a procurement contract with Zarya in Ukraine to bring material to the U.S. for U.S. government contracts and commercial customers. We had brought 2,000 metric tons of that material to the U.S., part for the U.S. government and part for commercial sales, until the war kicked off in 2022, and immediately that factory was behind enemy lines and is out of capacity production since. So we've been working to try to replace that for our customers over that period of time, due to the expanding need for TNT, due to multiple conflicts, both in Israel and in Ukraine. TNT has been a huge requirement. To that point, the U.S. government has recently issued a contract to establish a TNT manufacturing facility in Kentucky. That's actually a program that our company bid on, and we weren't awarded that contract. So we're continuing to work with suppliers around the world to be able to locate TNT for our customers. Q: Now, where are you looking for TNT, given the global competition? A: A lot of people are looking for it, and there's a lot of capacity from banned locations. So China is offering TNT around the world, and we get offered it one or two times a week from various brokers that approach us. We're not allowed to procure that TNT from China, so we don't, thank you very much. We're looking at other sources in other countries. I don't want it to divulge too much at this point, but we are in negotiations with a couple of other factories in other countries that aren't on the banned list, where we can potentially bring in TNT, both for the U.S. government and for our commercial customers. Q: What are your commercial customers saying? A: Before the war kicked off, there were two price ranges for TNT. There were the commercial prices, and then there were government prices. And they were fairly decently apart. We were selling the same TNT from Zarya, but the U.S. government wanted it tested and packaged differently so they get a different price. And it has to come on a U.S.-flagged vessel, which triples the price of shipping compared to your commercial customers. But now the commercial market is having to pay the same price as the government customers for that TNT, and it's gone up probably fourfold in the last four years.' Q: What's the price point on that? A: If you're selling to a U.S. government customer, on U.S.-flagged vessels, we're talking about $20 a pound. Q: And for commercial customers? A: A little bit less, because we don't have to use U.S.-flagged vessels, but the TNT itself is just as expensive. Q: What's the ratio between the need for TNT for the U.S. government and commercial companies? A: The U.S. government posted a Sources Sought Notice for TNT for a period covering Fiscal Years 2027-2031. The range of requirements is from 1 million pounds to 8 million pounds per year. We have a current U.S. commercial requirement for 2025 for 4.4 million pounds. These are the data points that I have. Q: Given these issues, how difficult is it to put this all together to make shells? A: Well, the TNT is manufactured from a bunch of chemicals. So those aren't necessarily hard to come by. A lot of places make those, but building the factory is difficult because you have to have special storage tanks for each one of those components, and then supply lines and a factory to put it together and test range storage bunkers to put it in while you're manufacturing it, before you ship it out. So it's a big investment to build a TNT factory, both footprint-wise, environmental protection restrictions, and so forth. So that's why you don't see a whole lot of them around the world. The U.S. hasn't made TNT in decades. Q: Would Global Ordnance consider building its own TNT factory? A: No. We bid on the U.S. government opportunity for that, because they were offering up a U.S. government facility that had been tailor-made for those types of commodities, so that when you don't have to start from scratch…' Q: In your proposal, did you see that the production capacity capability would eventually meet the need, and over what period of time? A: The question becomes the longevity of the two conflicts, and how much artillery ammunition is being consumed over time, because that's the big driver for TNT right now, which is both 155mm and 152mm artillery. That's the big consumer of TNT on the defense side. Q: There's a European effort to increase the production and flow of artillery rounds. How much is that going to be impacted or affected, if at all, by this global shortage of TNT? A: It affects all the factories. But there's a trickle down to that as well right now with because we have multiple contracts to produce 155mm artillery shells throughout Europe. The U.S. government is our biggest customer, because they're delivering those to Ukraine, those are TNT-filled 155mm rounds. But the TNT is not the biggest shortage at the moment. It's the propellant for the propellant bags. That is a bigger shortage at the moment. Q: What are the components of the propellant bag? A: It depends on the type of range. You have different zones of fire. If you're trying to go the maximum range, that's what they call a red bag, and that uses an M6 propellant. And you start with nitrocellulose to build the propellant. Q: And there's a huge shortage of nitrocellulose? A: There's a shortage right now of nitrocellulose used to make the propellant, because most of the propellant factories are saying, if you can get us more nitrocellulose, then we can give you more propellant. Q: How much nitrocellulose do you need? A: You need approximately 20 pounds of dry nitrocellulose to make the propellant required for each M119 propellant charge that goes with an artillery shell. We are currently delivering 2.2 million pounds of nitrocellulose to North America to make propellant. Q: How difficult is that to produce? A: It's a lot easier than TNT. It's a smaller factory footprint and mixing, and it's mixed with pure cotton. And then for packaging, for shipment, it's mixed with denatured water so it can be shipped safely. And then once it gets to the factory, they have to evaporate all that water out before they actually use it to make the propellant charge. Q: Is Global Ordnance interested in creating a propellant factory? A: A propellant factory is a big piece as well, a multiple-step process, buildings scattered out, and conveyance systems. We've looked into potentially looking at nitrocellulose production capacity. Q: So, where is the nitrocellulose made? A: The ones that we're aware of, personally, China makes that as well, in large quantities. We've got a contract to procure some from Taiwan. There's also a factory in Brazil. Most of these factories that exist don't do high volume. We work with a propellant manufacturer in Canada, and their annual requirement for propellant is about 5,000 metric tons. So that's a lot of nitrocellulose. Q: Given where your suppliers are, how concerned are you about the supply chain being cut off? And what would that do? A: Obviously, the force majeure clause comes into play contractually. But it doesn't help our customer or us be able to get our material to where we need it to go. That's why we really focus on trying to have multiple sources of supply geographically, not just within a region. We've run across these things before. Obviously our TNT factory being in a war zone cut that off. Q: How much TNT were you getting from Zarya? A: Well, we had brought over 2,000 metric tons, but we were planning on bringing 5,000 tons a year of TNT. Q: What are you hearing about the demand signal for a potential conflict between China and Taiwan? Is there any kind of buildup for that? A: Nothing that's been categorized as for Taiwan, but we've worked through a lot of inventory that the U.S. had at a stockpile. So now we're trying to replace that inventory, and then help replace the inventory of some of our NATO partners through foreign military sales cases. Q: How depleted, from your point of view, were U.S. stocks as a result of the war in Ukraine? The U.S. has supplied Kyiv with more than three million rounds of 155mm artillery shells and nearly half a million 152mm shells. A: I really can't talk to that at all. Q: How concerning is it that China has plenty of capacity and plenty of ability to produce shells, TNT, and repellent? North Korea is also providing Russia with a lot of shells. So they must have a large capacity as well, right? A: [North Korean rounds] don't work too well. They have a lot of accidents with their rounds. Recently, the news that the DPRK started to supply ammunition to the Russian army has become are the first ever images of what was supplied: 122mm and 152mm HE-FRAG projectiles, which are already being issued to Russian artillerymen. — Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) October 20, 2023 Q: How concerning is it that China has this large supply that they rely on themselves and the U.S. has to rely on a very much more convoluted supply chain? A: It really looks back at NATO. We work with our NATO partners to meet each other's needs and whatever works out best from a business case in a peacetime environment, because none of the NATO countries by themselves can be completely self-sufficient. So you're buying from this country. You're selling this to that country to meet the needs for defense. China has always seemed to focus on being self-reliant when it came to its military needs, and that's something you just have to prepare for and analyze, what the real risk is in that environment. Q: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he anticipates receiving three million artillery shells from NATO countries. How realistic is their ability to provide this number of shells for Ukraine and for their own domestic needs? A: NATO is quite capable of being able to get to that number. Getting there in a short period of time is a different discussion, because you're talking about adding production lines. The U.S. Army has opened up multiple production lines in 2025 to be able to add to our own capacity internally. So I think all of the primary NATO nations are doing the same thing. They're adding production lines in their countries so that they can make these pieces internally. Q: How long does it take to start pumping out artillery shells? A: If you're talking about deciding to build a production facility from scratch, you're probably talking four years. If you're going into a facility that's already had military production of explosives, you could probably carve that down to a two-year program. You start out with small-rate production, 3,000 a month, and then you're trying to work yourselves up to a bigger number that you can get to. Q: During a 2021 Congressional hearing, Adm. Phil Davidson, the retiring head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said that China was gearing up to attack Taiwan by 2027. How concerned should U.S. military leaders be about having enough artillery shells to fight? A: Well, I think during that time window, based on what we're seeing globally for production, I think you're going to have the needs met. Q: Because of the ramped-up production? A: Because of what lessons we've learned from Ukraine and the need for those weapons. Q: Even with the shortage of TNT and nitrocellulose? A: Yeah, the issue is that you will not have the same type of campaign if China invades Taiwan. You won't have a linear battlefield where you're having 1,000s of artillery systems firing all day long. It'll be a totally different dynamic of a battlefield. So the needs for that conflict may be significantly different when it comes to artillery from what you're seeing in Ukraine. So far, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and the need for artillery shells to defend it are in the realm of worst-case scenario planning. Time will tell if the ramped-up production will meet the needs of the U.S. and its allies as Russia's war on Ukraine continues to rage on. Contact the author: howard@
Business Insider
10-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
US company Aimlock has been all about deadly accurate fire. Now it's also making last-resort weapons for the counter-drone fight.
Helping troops armed with rifles, drones, mounted machine guns, and even grenade and rocket launchers identify and lock onto targets more easily — that's the basic mission of US company AimLock, which has been developing automated targeting products for over a decade. At SOF Week 2025, the company's CEO, Bryan Bockmon, told Business Insider about how the company is now focusing on autonomous weapons systems that may be crucial for future warfare, systems made for defeating drones. Countering drones is an expanding area of research and development, with a lot of work being done in Ukraine, though that isn't the only country where this technology is being developed. The Ukraine war has shown that electronic warfare like signal jamming and GPS spoofing can be effective when it comes to defeating enemy drones, but having a kinetic option, the ability to shoot it, as a last resort for destroying those systems is essential should other options fail. And they may fail because some drones, like the fiber-optic drones becoming more common in Ukraine or AI-enabled systems, for instance, are resistant to electronic warfare. "If that doesn't work," Bockmon said of electronic warfare, then "this is the last line of defense." Defeating drones AimLock's autonomous counter-drone systems are made to detect classify, and track uncrewed aerial systems and then decide on the best firing solution for taking them out. One of the AimLock counter-UAS systems was on display at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida. Bockmon said that the system was invulnerable to signal jamming and other elements of electronic warfare because it relies on visual navigation and autonomous terminal guidance. "We develop autonomy that's specialized for weapons integration," the CEO said, explaining that the autonomy is in finding targets, aiming, tracking, and engagement, or actually firing the weapon at the target. What makes AimLock's development approach interesting is that "instead of making specialized systems that then have to be reinvented 10 times over to cover the entire mission need," Bockmon said, it makes "generalized modules that can be adapted across 10 different missions." So if the warfighter needs a different sensor or weapon system, it can find an AimLock product to match. It reduces the development cycle, the CEO said, lowering costs and simplifying the process. The company's Core Targeting Module, or CTM, as it's called, is at the heart of AimLock's systems. It combines autonomy and firing and targeting components to improve the speed and precision of weapons from guns to uncrewed systems. The CTM hardware is, in some cases, just a small black box with a few plug-in outlets on top. Bockmon said the modularity of it and other weapons systems AimLock makes allows it "to offer new solutions that can adapt at the pace of combat," whether that is a low-intensity fight or a high-intensity great power conflict in remote or contested environments with limited communications. While the company has been working to refine all of this for years, its current focus is its counter-drone systems. Counter-drone technology has been growing in importance for years now with electronic warfare, directed energy (lasers), and other developments all aimed at defeating uncrewed systems, but the technology is becoming critical as drones, especially small, inexpensive drones, become more prolific. The Pentagon unveiled its new counter-UAS strategy to address these issues last year, but there's a lot of work to be done to meet the threat. "We finished our first counter-UAS systems back in 2018," Bockmon explained to BI, "and they had to sit on the shelves for a long time because it was really about how effective will electronic warfare be in the future, and then how quickly will it be defeated." It wasn't clear initially how effective electronic warfare would be, but it's clear now that it's not infallible. The counter-drone mission was a big topic at SOF Week 2025. Multiple defense industry exhibitors and special operations officials spoke to the growing need for a variety of solutions to defeat hostile drones. The Defense Department has made developing a military-wide strategy for countering drones a top priority.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
We got an up-close look at the new Skyraider II special operations light attack plane that maker L3Harris says can land almost anywhere
L3Harris showed off its new light attack airplane that it says can land almost anywhere. The Sky Warden, or Skyraider II, was on display at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida. BI got up close with the Sky Warden and took photos of this new aircraft. US Air Force Special Operations Command got its first mission-ready Skyraider II attack plane last month, and this week, Business Insider got an up-close look at the new light attack plane at SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Air Tractor and L3Harris' AT-802U Sky Warden, designated the OA-1K Skyraider II by AFSOC in reference to the A-1 Skyraiders of the Korean and Vietnam wars, is an armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, close-air support, and strike aircraft that L3Harris says can land almost anywhere. The new light attack aircraft is a militarized variant of the Air Tractor AT-802 long used for civilian work like agriculture. Here's what it looks like: The Air Force describes the Skyraider II as a flexible aircraft that can be adjusted for different missions and fights, noting that it has a much more manageable maintenance demand and a lower cost per flight hour than other AFSOC aircraft. Like its legendary predecessor, the new Skyraider was built for armed overwatch and attack in permissive environments, though the battlespace is not what it once was, and there are questions about its role in a high-intensity fight in the Indo-Pacific. Jon Rambeau, the president of integrated mission systems at L3Harris, said the Sky Warden is a "versatile" platform and "costs a fraction of what you might pay for a fighter jet." Just how much the planes cost is a detail that isn't publicly available. Rambeau and Clint Logwood, L3Harris' director of flight tests and flight operations, said one of Skyraider II's most important attributes is its ability to operate in different environments. It can also land just about anywhere with a limited logistics footprint. "This thing could land anywhere," Logwood said, from rugged and remote airfields to highways. The Air Force has prioritized flexibility, specifically the ability to operate in austere environments and off of unconventional runways like roadways. Fixed airfields and bases are easy targets, especially in the Indo-Pacific where US forces have to contend with China's growing missile force, but an adversary can't target every piece of concrete in the region. Logwood, who has put many hours of testing the aircraft's capabilities, G-force, speed, temperature, and altitude, said: "We have landed this aircraft on some fields that would jar your teeth, and this aircraft just says, 'That's all you got?'" The Sky Warden has "plug and play technology," he said. It has a modular design, which means new systems can be quickly integrated into the aircraft. There are ten hardpoints capable of carrying a range of weapons and other technologies. While there are two seats in the Sky Warden, it's a single-pilot aircraft in which all of its systems are designed to be accessible by one person and easy to learn. And its cost-per-hour of flight, Rambeau said, is less than $1,000 per hour, one of the cheaper cost estimates of the Air Force's fleet. He added that L3Harris was in conversation with potential international customers across the world as well. Below the wings of the Sky Warden, Logwood noted, were its dummy AGM 114 Hellfire missiles, as well as ISR sensors and arrays. If another mission pod is needed, it can be bolted and connected to the plane. The Sky Warden can be dissembled in under six hours and fit inside a C-17 cargo aircraft. The program was originally contracted for 75 aircraft in a $3 billion deal; in 2023 and 2024, the Government Accountability Office issued reports urging the Pentagon to reconsider the number of aircraft needed, citing concerns the program wouldn't be as valuable as the US shifts from decades of counterterrorism operations featuring air superiority to near-peer adversary fights. Rambeau cited the aircraft's potential international sales as examples "to dispel the thought that this is only applicable for counterinsurgency," saying that those customers were looking at the aircraft for a variety of purposes. While Sky Warden is capable of taking off and landing almost anywhere, Rambeau and Logwood said it would need to be modified for carrier-based operations. The aircraft requires a distance of about 1,200 feet. For fighters and bombers, the required runway length tends to be thousands of feet. The original Skyraider earned its legendary reputation by protecting downed airmen in Vietnam. Unlike jets that couldn't stay in the area, the Skyraiders could loiter for long periods of time and bring massive firepower for continuous suppressing fire until helicopters could come in for rescue operations. Skyraider pilot Maj. Bernard Fisher famously landed his plane through withering enemy fire at a battle-scarred airstrip littered with debris and destroyed aircraft, rescued a downed airman, and flew back out after taking multiple hits to his aircraft during a 1966 fight at Ashau. Fisher received the Medal of Honor for his actions. The Air Force is hoping the new Skyraiders will provide the same kind of exceptional support for troops in future fights. Read the original article on Business Insider
