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 ...

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday revealed what happened in the moments leading up to the deadly midair collision of two crop-duster airplanes last ...

Two crop duster airplanes collided midair near Arco last month, killing one pilot and severely injuring the other. After investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board has released a ...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday U.S. crop-duster planes could fly again after they were grounded for two days because of concern they could be used in a chemical or ...

The U.S. Air Force's OA-1K Skyraider II is often described as a "crop duster on steroids." Built on the rugged Air Tractor AT-802U platform, the heavily modified prop-driven aircraft was designed for ...

Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has questioned more than 3,000 pilots and aircraft owners, most of them in the past year, amid persistent concerns that terrorists might use crop-dusting planes to mount a ...

A pair of crop dusters collided over a field near Morton, Texas, Friday, with a pilot dying and another seriously hurt. The two pilots were the only people on board the two Air Tractor AT-502s when ...

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 ...

Amid renewed fears that terrorists might wage chemical attacks, authorities grounded crop-dusting planes for a second day yesterday -- causing concerns among California farmers who could lose millions ...

A Louisiana church enlisted the aircraft to help spread the holy water. Holiday blessings were spread throughout one Louisiana town thanks to some unlikely help. The Diocese of Lafayette enlisted a ...