Out of retirement, back into action: Vietnam-era planes used against ISIS
A pair of nearly 50-year-old planes has been brought out of retirement to fight ISIS.
The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco turbo-propeller planes are part of an experiment to see if “light turbo-prop aircraft” are more effective in conducting counterinsurgency operations, a U.S. military representative told CNN this week.
During their deployment, the planes flew 120 combat missions against ISIS targets as part of the counter-ISIS coalition, said spokesman Capt. Bryant Davis of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.
The Daily Beast first reported on the aircraft trials.
The OV-10s were operated by a two-person crew that consisted of a naval aviator and a Navy flight officer, according to the military.
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