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Other than OV-10 fleet replacement training done in cooperation with Air Antisubmarine Squadron 41 at NAS North Island, California, VAL-4 was the only squadron in the U.S. Navy to ever employ the OV-10, and it was decommissioned shortly following the end of the Vietnam War. VAL-4's surviving OV-10s were subsequently transferred to the Marine Corps.
[6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2,750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]). In total, the US, South Vietnam and Australia, lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs.
February 25 – An OV-10 Bronco (Bureau Number 155424) was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot, Major Joseph Small III, was captured and the observer, Captain David Spellacy, was killed. Major Small was released on March 6 and Captain Spellacy's body was recovered.
A U.S. Air Force North American OV-10A-30-NH Bronco in flight with two North American F-100C Super Sabres of the 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Forward air controllers (FACs) played a significant part in the Vietnam War from the very start.
The Marine observation squadrons were formed during the latter stages of World War II with the primary mission of forward air control of strike aircraft for close air support and air interdiction. [87] They saw extensive service during the Vietnam War flying the North American OV-10 Bronco.
While the system was tested and certified for use on the A-4, the A-6, the A-7, the F-4, and the OV-10, it only saw extended use on the A-4, the F-4, and the OV-10. In the case of the OV-10, the unit was used by VAL-4, a Navy squadron assigned to Bình Thủy District, Vietnam, and was used extensively for close air support missions.
In his first tour of duty in Southeast Asia from September to December 1970, he flew combat missions in the B-52 from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield.After his return to United States, Bennett completed conversion training to the OV-10 Bronco and was assigned as a forward air controller with the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam in late April 1972.
Group OV-10A Bronco F-100 Super Sabres over Vietnam. The final aircraft in the group's inventory, the OV-10 Bronco, began to arrive in 1968. [1] Between July and October, a test and evaluation team, called Project Combat Bronco was attached to the 504th's 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Phan Rang Air Base to evaluate the plane's combat ...