In recent months, the US navy special ops has been evaluating two modified Bronco light combat aircraft. As part of the Combat Dragon II program, it's aimed at demonstrating that a small, turboprop-powered warplane can be effective in “high end/special aviation” missions. And these two sole Broncos are seen sitting here at the TAC Air ramp at Salt Lake City. The "Black Pony" insignia on the nose is taken from the Vietnam-era VAL-4 light attack squadron, which also flew Broncos
US military completes OV-10 tests, keeps aircraft for now
Citat:US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will keep two borrowed North American Rockwell OV-10G+ Broncos until early next year, when the results of the recently completed Combat Dragon II evaluation are in.
Citat:NASA loaned both aircraft to SOCOM to be modified for a light air support experiment, raising the possibility of reviving the venerable Vietnam-era platform for modern battlefields.
Drawing to a close on 30 September, the Combat Dragon II experiment tested whether the OV-10 could be used in counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan. The idea was to have kitted-up light aircraft support ground troops from quickly prepared airfields.
Libanu isporucena jos jedna Cessna-208B Caravan. Citat:США передали ВС Ливана второй самолет Цессна-208B «Караван»
В ходе церемонии, состоявшейся 6 ноября в Бейруте, представители посольства США передали Вооруженным силам Ливана второй многоцелевой самолет «Цессна-208B» «Караван».
