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[santana]

@santana you have fulfilled and exceeded all expectations for my request! Love the Bronco and great seeing them still fly in service.

Do these aircraft see direct action against FARC remnants and other militants? Or more supportive non-combat role?

No Sir, they are out of Service!!! They saw a lot of combat against all threats including paramilitary groups.

 

[Devil Child]

Oh of course now I see your other post stating out of service!

 

[santana]

There was a Squadron of Broncos working for the US Department of State deep inside the Colombian Jungle as eradicators of Coca Fields.
Here is a video

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[Devil Child]

Very cool find @santana! I'm really enjoying the hood data readout, that is a first that I've ever seen. Colombia is an area of personal interest and I'm flipping through a couple books on AUC and FARC conflict at the moment. I can imagine the sight and sound of a Bronco overhead would be unwelcome for any terrorist or coca farmer.

 

[Devil Child]

State department communication regarding OV-10 Bronco use in aerial-eradication of Colombian coca/opiate fields. Contains summarization of attempts to pilot the aircraft with US pilots and overall support for the Bronco in this role.

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB69/col34.pdf

 

[santana]

Very cool find @santana! I'm really enjoying the hood data readout, that is a first that I've ever seen. Colombia is an area of personal interest and I'm flipping through a couple books on AUC and FARC conflict at the moment. I can imagine the sight and sound of a Bronco overhead would be unwelcome for any terrorist or coca farmer.

Yeah those Broncos were flown by us pilots from a US Company called DynCorp and under contract by the US Embassy in Colombia and the US State Department. The Bronco play a magnificent role for the Colombian military against the FARC and other rebel groups in the internal colombian conflict. But the real key role of those COIN Aircraft was the A-29B Super Tucano. Colombia bought 24 of them to Brazil and since they arrived the start attacking the FARC. another player was the A-37 wich from that aerial plataform the Colombian Air Force use Joint Direct Attack Munition or JDAM´s bombs attacking famous FARC leaders such as Raul Reyes and Aka Mono Jojoy.

 

[Devil Child]

Just threw $4 away on Amazon prime for a 50min documentary on the OV-10 Bronco.

Thanks a-lot @santana for fueling this impulse buy...

 

[santana]

Just threw $4 away on Amazon prime for a 50min documentary on the OV-10 Bronco.

Thanks a-lot @santana for fueling this impulse buy...

Hey a recomend you this book from my Friend Former US Army Colonel Victor M. Rosello

Amazon.com: EAST OF THE ORTEGUAZA: The Story of an American Military Advisor and the Colombian Drug War eBook : Roselló, Victor, Erwin, Stan , Castillo, Santiago: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: EAST OF THE ORTEGUAZA: The Story of an American Military Advisor and the Colombian Drug War eBook : Roselló, Victor, Erwin, Stan , Castillo, Santiago: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

Victor M. Roselló is a retired US Army Colonel, intelligence officer, and Latin America Foreign Area Officer. During his 30 year career he served as a military advisor to the Salvadoran and Colombian Armed Forces and combat parachuted into Panama with the 82nd Airborne Division during the 1989 invasion. An Army Ranger and Master Parachutist, he graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, and the US Army War College. He has a Master of Arts degree in Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies from the University of Chicago.

Victor told me almost 8 years ago that Antonio Banderas was considering to take his book to Hollywood. Not any further news about that!!!

 

[santana]

A Colombian Air Force Embraer A-29B Super Tucano during a Green Flag Operation with the USAF A-10

 

[santana]

Colombian Air Force IAI Kfir C-10

 

[santana]

Another Embraer A-29B Super Tucano from the Colombian Air Force

 

[santana]

A Colombian Army Aviation Division AN-32

 

[santana]

A Colombian Air Force AC-47 "Spooky" GAU-25 Canon

 

[santana]

Special Forces

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[santana]

A-37 Pilots

 

[santana]

FAC Bronco OV-10

 

[Chazman]

State department communication regarding OV-10 Bronco use in aerial-eradication of Colombian coca/opiate fields. Contains summarization of attempts to pilot the aircraft with US pilots and overall support for the Bronco in this role.

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB69/col34.pdf

Who owned these OV-10s, US or Colombia?

 

[santana]

Who owned these OV-10s, US or Colombia?

The US Goverment and they were flew by Dyncorp Pilots under contract of the US State Department

 

[Bombardier]

How many Snipers are here in this Picture?

Think I counted 4 but it was pretty difficult

 

[santana]

Think I counted 4 but it was pretty difficult

You are very close to right!!!