And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in my day, I was a C-130 pilot stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Clark hosted a recurring series of exercises called "Cope Thunder"....which were the Pacific version of Red Flag, and the Marines would periodically be involved.
Anyway, as I was taxiing out one day, as I was passing the ramp where all the Cope Thunder planes were parked, I saw a Marine OV-10 with mud splashed on it way up high on that twin rudder. And I tried to imagine how that might have happened.
OV-10A, most likely flown by USAF. Marines flew mostly OV-10D, although they did initially have -A models. USAF retired them in September 1991, and USMC phased theirs out in 1995. I flew them at Sembach AB, Germany and George AFB, CA from 1983-85.
OV-10 Bronco
ReplyDeleteHad em in the Corps back in the day
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DeleteBack in my day, I was a C-130 pilot stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Clark hosted a recurring series of exercises called "Cope Thunder"....which were the Pacific version of Red Flag, and the Marines would periodically be involved.
Anyway, as I was taxiing out one day, as I was passing the ramp where all the Cope Thunder planes were parked, I saw a Marine OV-10 with mud splashed on it way up high on that twin rudder. And I tried to imagine how that might have happened.
You just gotta love the Marines.
azlibertarian
Great plane used by the USMC for forward fire control! Oohrah!
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ReplyDeleteCalFire has a fleet of OV-10 Broncos used as spotters.
ReplyDeleteBorn and raised in Columbus Ohio
ReplyDeleteBronco. Had to replace a fire bottle in one once. Small guy, small hands kinda deal.
ReplyDeleteI worked for a former OV-10 backseater. Awesome guy who shared some incredible memories.
ReplyDeleteBob. I name this aircraft Bob.
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DeleteMy late father was a back-seater in the OV-10 during the Vietnam War. He ran the laser for what were our first "smart" bombs.
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I name thee Air Plain.
ReplyDeleteOV-10A, most likely flown by USAF. Marines flew mostly OV-10D, although they did initially have -A models. USAF retired them in September 1991, and USMC phased theirs out in 1995. I flew them at Sembach AB, Germany and George AFB, CA from 1983-85.
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