Quote Originally Posted by Entropy View Post

Wilf,

Exactly, so what advantage does an OV-10 provide over an existing aircraft that justifies buying, operating and maintaining a fleet of them?
The OV-10 can be based at FOBs, so close to AO, and can do a bunch of other tactical missions, such as transport, casevac, and some of things we currently get AH-64s to do. In 1995, an OV-10 operated by the Philippines AF cost only about $350 per/hour to run, exclusive of weapons.