Bronco Traditional Cache

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Nail 30: Construction ruined it.

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Hidden : 11/18/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Easy park and grab.

This is the third in a series commemorating the various aircraft I flew as a pilot in my 20-year Air Force career. Some of these aircraft are viewable in storage at the Air Force Aerospace maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), more commonly known as "The Boneyard." Others are on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum nearby. There are no OV-10 Broncos in storage at the Boneyard, but there is one at the Museum and another on display at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (for those of you who have base access).

The OV-10 Bronco was the aircraft I flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. I flew out of Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base in northern Thailand and most of the missions I flew were in Laos, over the notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail. I also flew occasional missions in South Vietnam and Cambodia

The OV-10 was designed from the ground up as a lightly-armed Forward Air Control (FAC) aircraft.

The mission of the FAC was to seek out enemy targets, call for fighter aircraft to strike these targets, mark them with smoke rockets and then control the fighter aircraft during the airstrike. Most of the missions I flew in Laos were in support of the interdiction effort to stop the flow of supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, through Laos and Cambodia. I also flew many close-air-support missions, providing fighter support to friendly Special Forces teams on the ground.

I flew over 250 combat missions in the OV-10 Bronco and it brought me home unscathed. Therefore, it is obviously my all-time favorite. By the way, I flew under the call sign of Nail 30, thus my Geochache name.

If you would like more information on this beautiful aircraft, check out these web sites:
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FTF after this cache has been re-activated gets a guest pass to the Pima Air and Space Museum where I volunteer as a tram and AMARG tour docent every Wednesday. Come out to the Museum and say "Hi."

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