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LENGTH:
41 feet 7 inches (12.7 meters)
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HEIGHT:
15 feet 1 inch (4.6 meters)
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WEIGHT:
approximately 7, 190 pounds
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SPEED:
244 knots (452 kilometers/hour)
Designed by North American, the OV-10 Bronco is a rugged, maneuverable, twin-turboprop, multi-purpose, multi-mission, light attack aircraft used by all three branches of the U.S. military as well as Germany, Thailand, Venezuela and Indonesia. The OV-10 was originally developed in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Corps through the Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LARA) program and produced as a forward air control aircraft, performing observations, helicopter escorts, reconnaissance, gunfire spotting, personnel transport and ground attack. Faster and more tactically versatile than helicopters, yet slower and more maneuverable than jets, the OV-10 utilized tactics not possible with either.