{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "SOCCOM apparently buying 75 Air Tractors for ??? reasons to be clear, we\u2019re talking about this bad boy: described as \u201can...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/693517614114324480/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://rustingbridges.tumblr.com/post/693516931320496128/soccom-apparently-buying-75-air-tractors-for\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">rustingbridges</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>SOCCOM apparently buying 75 Air Tractors for ??? reasons</p><p>to be clear, we\u2019re talking about this bad boy:</p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"294\" data-orig-width=\"450\"><img src=\"/media/dd3265c20f37fc651e9ec71c358208e6249622a8_06b508fbdcec.png\" data-orig-height=\"294\" data-orig-width=\"450\"/></figure><p>described as \u201can American <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_aircraft\" title=\"Agricultural aircraft\" target=\"_blank\">agricultural aircraft</a> that may also be adapted into <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_firefighting\" title=\"Aerial firefighting\" target=\"_blank\">fire-fighting</a> or armed versions\u201c.</p><p>lots of militaries apparently fly them, but mostly in firefighting and other noncombat roles. unless SOCCOM is planning to get into wildfire management, tho, I have got to wonder what exactly they are planning to do here<br/></p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Short take-off and landing from unpaved fields, built for terrain-following and low-altitude maneuvers, sturdy and can survive low-speed crashes, they&rsquo;ll be easily adapted as counterinsurgency attack planes for use in Third World theaters where the bad guys don&rsquo;t have anti-air capabilities.</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/dd3265c20f37fc651e9ec71c358208e6249622a8_06b508fbdcec.png", "thumbnail_width": 450, "thumbnail_height": 294}