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Old 9th Feb 2009, 04:02
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Indonesian OV-10s

Indonesia upgraded their OV-10s to 50 cal (12.7mm) guns so they could stay above the 7.62mm rebel ground fire.

I didn't realise the Bronco was fully aerobatic until talking to some of the engineers at the base a few months ago.

All the Indonesian Broncos are now grounded (since 2006) and the Air Force is/was? planning to replace them with Super Tucanos however with the Indonesian Rupiah falling 30% in the last 3 months this may be some time off.


I think the old Broncos would make good SAR aircraft , long range , lots of hard points for dropping supplies etc

What do you think ?

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