Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: What is an OV-10 "Bronco" Aircraft ?? Message-ID: <1991Jan22.020335.21203@cbnews.att.com> Date: 22 Jan 91 02:03:35 GMT References: <1991Jan21.040555.4795@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Allan Bourdius An OV-10 Bronco is a light observation/foward air control/attack aircraft used by the USMC and the USAF. It can take off from and land on fields that are just 700 feet long, even at full load. OV-10's are occasionaly operated from "Tarawa" class LHA's without catapults or arresting gear. Their weapons load is minimal, and is limited to gun pods, marking rockets and bombs, and Sidewinder missiles for self defense. For Special Operation missions, the OV-10 can carry 4 Parachutists in a rear compartment. It can also be used as an emergency medical evac plane, carrying two casualties on litters and one attendant, also in the rear compartment. Allan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Bourdius [MIDN 3/C (Marine Option)/Brother, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity] ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu or Box 4719, 5125 Margaret Morrison St., Pgh., PA 15213 "Give, expecting nothing thereof." "Phi Kappa Theta, just the best." "An unwarlike Marine is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." Nothing that I have written is the opinion of anyone but myself. So there!