Oh, you've done it now... you mentioned the OV series....
I few on these as the "technical observer" while I was in the US Army:
We knuckled under to AF politics in the early '60s losing fixed-wing aircraft capability under ground maneuver control. The boundaries should have been altitude/air space--not equipment type. The Army should be responsible for low-level airspace in their area operations (non-oxygen flight 10,000 feet and below) and the AF should control airspaces from 10,000 feet up--which is above MANPADS SAM range--to space and from ground level to space where the Army is not in control to execute ground warfare. The U.S. Army should be able to buy/use whatever aircraft types it damn well thinks is best to get the damn job done--and win wars and save men's lives.
- MUDFIGHTERS: BRING BACK THE CACTUS AIR FORCE!
More Mohawk propaganda:
OV-1 MOHAWK
The OV-1 Mohawk Remembered Firsthand: The Mohawk's Marathon Saga | Defense Media Network
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