The North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco was a tough, rugged, well-armed aircraft that could take a beating and get the job done. Conceived in a backyard by two Marine friends as a particular aircraft ...
One of the most unique aircraft to ever serve the U.S. military was the OV-10 Bronco. Built for service by North American Aviation and debuting in 1967, the aircraft design was initially conceived of ...
In the 1960s, two U.S. Marines, W.H. Beckett and K.P. Rice, lived next to each other in Santa Ana, California. The two soldiers had a habit of getting together and bemoaning the emerging trends of ...
In the early 1960s, U.S. Marines W.H. Beckett and Colonel K.P. Rice were neighbors in Santa Ana, California. The two men would sit on Beckett’s patio and rant about Navy and Air Force aviation trends, ...
In her film One Tough Ride, The Story of the OV-10 Bronco, Jami Mari Clayman tells how two Marine aviators challenged the U.S. military procurement system to create one of the most valued aircraft of ...
In May 2015, the Pentagon initiated a secret program dubbed Combat Dragon II. Its purpose: to test the viability of the low-cost, Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco in combat ...