Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane
The Air Force typically uses high-performance chase vehicles, not SUVs, to help U-2 pilots get back on the ground safely.
The Air Force typically uses high-performance chase vehicles, not SUVs, to help U-2 pilots get back on the ground safely.
The aircraft, which haven’t seen widespread U.S. military use in any capacity in decades, are getting a new lease on life.
The planes are likely headed to the Philippines, but they might only be a stopgap until A-29 Super Tucanos replace the OV-10s for good.
As the prospect for conflict in the Arctic increases, the service is moving to replace its obscure fleet of aging Swedish-built vehicles.
The aircraft has some vague similarities to the Bronco, but really it’s more of an alternative to complex unmanned aircraft than anything else.
Talk about a close-in guns kill!
Over 50 years since its first flight, the OV-10 is proving to the world once again just how relevant light air support aircraft can be.
The “equal opportunity” air wars of the last 16 years, where F-16s fought men with rusty Ak-47s living in mud huts, have left America’s fast jet fleets broken and their communities overtaxed. There’s a better way, and the USAF maybe finally realizing that.