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Vintage attack planes used in Vietnam are brought out of retirement
Daily Mail ^ | 3/10/16 | Lydia Willgress

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 ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: dailymail; iraq; lydiawillgress; ov10; ov10broncos
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OV-10 Broncos were used in the Vietnam War and have been brought out of retirement to help US forces in Iraq


1 posted on 03/10/2016 12:11:46 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

next, we will be using “ some guy” with a wrench to defend our troops


2 posted on 03/10/2016 12:13:31 PM PST by ghosthost
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To: Kartographer

Already posted


3 posted on 03/10/2016 12:14:04 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: Kartographer
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406969/posts
4 posted on 03/10/2016 12:15:58 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: Kartographer

As I said half-seriously yesterday - bring back the Douglas Skyraider (if there are any left out there!)

ISIS is the viet cong, without jungle cover. What better, cheaper, more durable system to bring max firepower down on them?


5 posted on 03/10/2016 12:16:05 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ghosthost

BTW, these OV-10 Broncos are ideal for this mission.


6 posted on 03/10/2016 12:17:10 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: Kartographer
Eighty-one Broncos were lost during Vietnam

For the size of that community, that is a lot.

7 posted on 03/10/2016 12:17:33 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Kartographer

Anthony Herbert once wrote that he considered one OV-10 or Skyraider worth a whole squadron of jets when it came to CAS.


8 posted on 03/10/2016 12:18:30 PM PST by tanuki (Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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To: PGR88

The Bronco & Skyraider would kick ass against ISIS, esp with some upgraded weapons packages.


9 posted on 03/10/2016 12:20:01 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Your biggest problem with the A-1 Sky raider would be the R-3350 radial engines. Other than a few air racers I doubt you’d find any parts.

This is why they are pushing the Embraer Super-Toccano and it’s turbo-prop engine.


10 posted on 03/10/2016 12:24:35 PM PST by Tallguy
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This is embarrassing. Why aren’t our Military using the Warthog A-10 for these missions?


11 posted on 03/10/2016 12:25:58 PM PST by JohnT416
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“What better, cheaper, more durable system to bring max firepower down on them?”

You were speaking of the Skyraider. It’s a fact that since the A-6 was introduced every change has made the carrier ground attack package have shorter legs, and less weight on target. Losing the A-6 and A-7 and A-4 and going only to F-18 was a loss in strike range and weight.
Losing the F-14D was another blow. The Super Hornet is less than the original.
And now we are going to go to the F-35. The shortest ranged, less weapon carrying attack plane we’ve had since the 1950s.

You aren’t entirely off base.


12 posted on 03/10/2016 12:27:44 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
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Here’s a link to the present inventory at Davis Monahan Boneyard in AZ, with serial numbers:

http://www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&catid=16&dbsource=arealist


13 posted on 03/10/2016 12:28:01 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Tallguy

A radial engine is not a difficult thing to manufacture. Of course, it might have a tough time passing EPA regs, so would be rejected.


14 posted on 03/10/2016 12:29:23 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Your biggest problem with the A-1 Sky raider would be the R-3350 radial engines.

OK, but that radial engine sound can really inspire that last minute freeze in the open and crap-in-your-pants moment when they know they're going to die.

15 posted on 03/10/2016 12:30:01 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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Good point.

Maybe because they “retired” it already. /sarc

And they’d look like fools for proving that it is still useful.


16 posted on 03/10/2016 12:32:22 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: smokingfrog

It would be EPA exempt if used for military applications.


17 posted on 03/10/2016 12:32:48 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: JohnT416

According to WiKi, the Bronco can be used from improvised airstrips and aircraft carriers (Navy or Marine)

Lots of flexibility.


18 posted on 03/10/2016 12:33:42 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: JohnT416
They've got to save them for tank busting missions. All this hardware is irreplaceable. Even the plants that built the OV and the A-10 are gone. They've been scavenging the aircraft grave yards for years, and they are running out of spares.

Besides, the Air Farce is desperate to kill the A-10. Any successful CAS mission is another proof that there are no Red Barons to fight. All the top staff are fighter jocks, and drones, air superiority and smart bombs are all you need to win a counter-insurgency fight.

The Air Force mission has always been about self justification.

19 posted on 03/10/2016 12:38:59 PM PST by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: T-Bird45

Here's one carrying a few little things

20 posted on 03/10/2016 12:42:46 PM PST by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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