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  • Why Is America Using These Antique Planes to Fight ISIS?

    03/09/2016 5:15:11 AM PST · by sukhoi-30mki · 26 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | March 09, 2016 | DAVID AXE
    War was just an experiment for two of the U.S. military’s oldest and most unusual warplanes. A pair of OV-10 Broncos—small, Vietnam War-vintage, propeller-driven attack planes—recently spent three months flying top cover for ground troops battling ISIS militants in the Middle East. The OV-10s’ deployment is one of the latest examples of a remarkable phenomenon. The United States—and, to a lesser extent, Russia—has seized the opportunity afforded it by the aerial free-for-all over Iraq and Syria and other war zones to conduct live combat trials with new and upgraded warplanes, testing out the aircraft in potentially deadly conditions before committing...
  • Vintage attack planes used in Vietnam are brought out of retirement

    03/10/2016 12:11:46 PM PST · by Kartographer · 61 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/10/16 | Lydia Willgress
    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.