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The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American twin-turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft.
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.
Aerial observer Capt Jeffrey P. Schade, of Southold, New York, ejected from North American OV-10 Bronco, suffering minor injuries. The Bronco landed safely. The Bronco landed safely. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
The squadron split on 17 December 1969, becoming an OV-10 only unit with all AH-1s transferred to HML-367. On 2 February 1970 VMO-2 transferred to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) at Da Nang Air Base. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 22 March 1971. The Bronco flew over 38,000 combat flight hours between 8 September 1968 and 23 ...
An OV-10A Bronco aircraft takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA 4) underway. Author: UNKNOWN: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 285 dpi: Vertical resolution: 285 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop 7.0: File change date and time: 11:42, 9 August 2006: Color space: Uncalibrated
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 ...
Convair started construction of a prototype as a private venture before a winner of the LARA competition was announced. In August 1964, the US Navy announced North American Aviation's design, the NA-300 (later to become the OV-10 Bronco) as the winner of the LARA competition. The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force favored the Charger, however ...
A Philippine Air Force (PhilAF) North American OV-10 Bronco crashed at 1455 hrs, during a training flight. Two Philippine Air Force pilots were killed. [25] 25 February A USAF General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed during landing at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The plane became uncontrollable and the pilot bailed out safely.