US Special Operations Command has big plans for its new fleet of small attack planes

Combat controllers with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron watch an A-10 land on a highway in Estonia, August 10, 2017.
(US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)
US Special Operations Command is seeking its own light aircraft to back up operators on the ground.
Congress and the Air Force remain wary, but SOCOM has moved ahead, narrowing the competition to five potential aircraft.
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