Although it's not clear whether this ability has already been translated into an operational capability, in 2015, a USAF EC - 130H Compass Call aircraft has also been involved in demos where it attacked networks from the air: a kind of in - flight hacking capability that could be particularly useful to conduct cyberwarfare missions where the Electronic Attack aircraft injects malware by air - gapping closed networks. (businessinsider.com)
US forces in Afghanistan are deploying a squadron of A-10 «Warthog» ground attack aircraft, the US military said on Tuesday, intensifying an air campaign that saw attacks more than triple in 2017 over the previous year. (businessinsider.com)
Goldfein reiterated this month that the force was looking at the light - attack aircraft program, known as OA - X, to produce a plane that fits into that networked battlefield, where all of a force's assets are connected. (businessinsider.com)