A Tale Of Two Cropdusters With A New Purpose
Two cropdusters are finding new missions as close air support and ISR platforms.
Iomax originally converted Air Tractor AT-802i cropdusters, but the Archangel is now based on the Thrush S2R-660 airframe.
Iomax originally converted Air Tractor AT-802i cropdusters, but the Archangel is now based on the Thrush S2R-660 airframe.

Separated by a suitable distance in the Dubai static display are two rival American cropdusters that have found new missions—close air support (CAS) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). The UAE has pioneered the military use of these ungainly turboprops, and now even the U.S. Air Force is taking an interest.