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 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 ...

August 20, 2022: The U.S. Air Force component of SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has selected the AT-802U, the military version of the AT-802 crop duster, to become its Sky Warden Armed Overwatch ...

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 ...

Ever since Sir Frank Whittle in England and Hans von Ohain in Germany worked separately to invent the jet engine, the engine has been associated with high-performance machines. And, of course, some of ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Stephen Austin's job has been up and down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. On Monday it was down. He and other Bootheel crop-dusters, along with their counterparts nationwide, ...