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Re: OV-10 Bronco Registry

Posted by Scott WRG Editor on Fri Sep 12, 2003 06:07:10 PM

In reply top Re: OV-10 Bronco Registry posted by Rob Mears on Fri Sep 12, 2003 09:39:26 AM


: I seriously hope the Forestry Service is allowed to auctio
: n off all of those OV-10's after they've had their fill of
: them. It would be a huge disservice for the US Governmen
: t to call for them to be scrapped. You never know these
: days.

I hope so as well. I don't see a problem with it since they have been demilled as far as weapons go, even the BATF Broncos use in anti-drup ops don't have weapons (though that would be a hell of a deterent if they did). So hopefully they will be available when the USFS is done with them but like you said you never know. From what I've read though the biggest problem is a shortage of props. To the point that in 1997 one Bronco was dropped from flight status to donate its props to another one with lower hours. I guess the USFS is have them custom made now.

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