North American OV-10 Bronco

This comprehensive overview traces the OV-10's evolution from a versatile forward air control and support aircraft in Vietnam to a postwar multi‑role platform influenced by its proven light‑attack versatility.

The OV-10, the world's first purpose-built counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft, has had a long and varied career. Primarily employed as a forward air control (FAC) platform, the Bronco was one of the few fixed-wing aircraft flown by the US Air Force (USAF), the US Marine Corps and the U...