Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: wallfesh@drcvax.af.mil (SANDE WALLFESH) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: What is an OV-10 "Bronco" Aircraft ?? Message-ID: <1991Jan22.020233.21136@cbnews.att.com> Date: 22 Jan 91 02:02:33 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "SANDE WALLFESH" sal@grip.cis.upenn.edu (Marcos Salganicoff) asks: > Subject: What is an OV-10 "Bronco" Aircraft ?? {I hope there hasn't been a flood of redundant answers to this one. ... Poor Bill!} The OV-10A Bronco was the victor in the Navy's LARA (Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft) competition and first flew in the mid 1960s. Manufactured by Rockwell International, the aircraft is powered by a pair of turboprop engines. Originally intended for a FAC (forward air control) role, it accomodates a crew of two, is armed with four machine guns, and can carry a Sidewinder on each wing. Currently, the OV-10A is in service with the Air Force and the Marines. According to the FY91 Defense Authorization Act, however, the Marines are eventually to replace their Broncos with A-10s. A variant in use by the Marines is the OV-10D, the Night Observation Gunship System. Slightly heavier than the OV-10A, this aircraft is usually fitted with a 20mm gun, a laser designator, and a FLIR sensor. Sande Saundra K. Wallfesh | "If it's stupid but works, it isn't Dynamics Research | stupid." -- Amphibious Warfare wallfesh@drcvax.af.mil | Review, Spring '89