bring back the SPADS while they're at itI love this I used to have a airfix model of the Bronco!
Why did we build the F-35, again?
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3407574/posts
Lots of pics and vids
The Amazing OV-10 Bronco Was Never Allowed To Meet Its Full Potential
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-amazing-ov-10-bronco-was-never-allowed-to-meet-its-1695837367
But they want to retire the A10. People at the Pentagon are idiots
The OV-10 Widow Maker was in use by the 501st MI BDE as late as 1989 in Korea when I left.
No one speaks much on how they use it. I would make a bet that they took out the 2nd seat and it’s used to haul 3,000 pounds of cargo. You could land on some short strip...off-load in ten minutes, and be airborne again. For resupply efforts in remote territory and you only have 1,000 ft, it makes perfect sense.
.....great choice
Well, that's a problem for the Pentagon. The plane is just too darn inexpensive! Where are the fat defense maintenance contracts!
bring back the SPADS while they're at it? Is that like jumbo shrimp?
What about the A-1 "Spad"?
I had this in 1/48 by Hawk.
It is about time the military figured that we don’t need jet fighters to do COIN.
GE ATP ( Advanced TurboProp ) greater shaft HP than current engine with probably a dramatically lower fuel burn. Coming in 2018. I wonder if they will limp this program along enough to retrofit a Broco with this new engine which will be here in 2018
There is nothing wrong with the OV10 bronco couldn’t cure.Just mount some 2.75 inch Willie Pete rockets on it and a couple of M60’s and you have a great aircraft for foreward air controllers.
Just what it was designed for back in the seventies.
Bad News, Tyler @ FoxTrotAlpha notes this maybe a ploy to nix the A-10...
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/ov-10-broncos-were-sent-to-fight-isis-and-they-kicked-a-1764407068