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January 7th 04, 02:35 PM
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The OV-10 (twin turboprops) was used quite a lot for CAS (by the Navy
mainly, see "Black Ponies") during Vietnam. And since then by the Philippines, and probably Venuzuela (sp?). It was designed for Counter Insurgency (COIN) operations, which was usually defined as low threat ops including CAS (but that was before the SA-7 appeared!). Great plane in a relatively low threat environment. Sucks when there is radar guided AAA or manpads around - as Marines found out during DS. Just too slow to get away from the threat! Fun plane to fly, though, and a great FAC platform. Kirk 
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