All you need to know about the OV10 Bronco

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Last year, CENTCOM deployed two Vietnam-era aircraft in a three-month trial run against ISIS. Based on that success, the U.S. military is considering reviving the dual-propeller OV-10 Bronco’s combat role. • The aged airframe flew 132 sorties in 2015, 120 of those were combat missions, with a 99 percent completion rate. Its counterinsurgency role would be a bridge between fighters and helicopters. Its slower speed makes it more maneuverable than fast-moving jets while its short takeoff and landing needs allowed it to operate from remote or unprepared airstrips. It can carry troops, wounded, and up to 3,200 pounds of supplies. • It’s a battle-tested, inexpensive, and reliable platform for moving small teams and for reconnaissance. It also provides a cheap close air support option with a 20mm cannon or its four internal 7.62mm machine guns to give Iraqis the same support U.S. troops have in ground combat. The Bronco has seven hardpoints that could be updated and adapted for GPS and laser-guided munitions and Griffon or Hellfire missiles. • For more subscribe: http://themghty.co/1jX7s5q • Get more We Are The Mighty: • http://www.wearethemighty.com • / themighty • / wearethemighty • / wearethemighty • / www • All music licensed through Jingle Punks • ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ • Watch this next, and let us know what you think: Should national service be mandatory in the US? • • Should national service be mandatory ... • ~-~~-~~~-~~-~

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