The Bronco Is Back! A Fleet Of OV-10s Will Help Train Air Force Forward Air Controllers
The aircraft, which haven’t seen widespread U.S. military use in any capacity in decades, are getting a new lease on life.
The aircraft, which haven’t seen widespread U.S. military use in any capacity in decades, are getting a new lease on life.
The Air Force has quietly hired not one, but seven different companies to provide “red air” adversary support to help U.S. military combat jet pilots train at various bases across the United States. This massive multi-billion dollar contract is the culmination of a major effort within the service that has been years in the making to increasingly rely on contractors to provide these services in order to improve flexibility for daily training requirements and when scheduling exercises and save money.