Posted on 03/10/2016 12:11:46 PM PST by Kartographer
Two vintage planes used in Vietnam were brought out of retirement to help US special forces in Iraq.
A pair of OV-10 Broncos completed 120 combat missions over the Middle East between May and September last year, it has been revealed.
They are believed to have been used for 82 days as cover for troops who were on the ground fighting ISIS militants.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Pretty neat - just watched a video of tests with one on USS John F. Kennedy in 1968. It could operate from a carrier without arresting gear or cat-shots. It just landed and took off...
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
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