Looks like VMO-1 went on CV’sJust looked it up — that’s a long way.
I would have guessed they would have embarked on an LPH.
Looks like VMO-1 went on CV’sJust looked it up — that’s a long way.
I would have guessed they would have embarked on an LPH.
@Pags is half correct. As @Treetop Flyer noted, VMO-1 took the USS America to the gulf.Now I'm the one who has to do the research...I thought ferry via L-class and CV with a WWII style running takeoff was the answer! ?
Some did but they were craned off the deck.For one reason or another, I thought they were deployed on LPHs too. The short wingspan was meant to fit into narrow, unimproved strips cut out of forests and jungles, but fitting on the straight deck of an aviation amphib/gator freighter was a pretty obvious requirement too.
Trivia for the nuggets: how'd the OV-10s get to the Gulf?
@Pags is half correct. As @Treetop Flyer noted, VMO-1 took the USS America to the gulf.
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Specific aircraft built for a specific mission, SEA COIN. Never understood why the Corps deployed them to Desert Storm. were they really needed for FAC-A, that I assume they were there. Or was the Corps trying to get as many assets in the AOA as possible?
I was there with you Hal and witnessed launch. I believe some also launched just after Gibraltar and flew to Rota and then to KSA..Don’t know about USS America taking OV-10s but we had a shitload on the TR. They deck launched in the eastern Med and flew to Saudi right before we transited the Suez Canal on our way to the Gulf. I think we had 2 squadrons worth.
Whoops, now I see I misread your initial post. I was searching exclusively for how VMO-2's got to the Gulf. When I looked at the Wikipedia article and saw "VMO-2 made aviation news by launching six OV-10's on an unprecedented 16,000 km (10,000 mi) journey to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield" I figured that was the trivia you were hinting at.Now I'm the one who has to do the research...I thought ferry via L-class and CV with a WWII style running takeoff was the answer! ?
It could very well have been then. Long time ago.I was there with you Hal and witnessed launch. I believe some also launched just after Gibraltar and flew to Rota and then to KSA..
This talks a bit about the logistical problem of getting what they could there. I think it was basically “send what we can”. Would be an absolute shit show today.
He was USMC 0-3, NFO. He was the only Marine I saw that went OV-10s.
Great guy. He was my class leader in basic NFO.buddy of mine from VT-86, Hank Spellacy, flew OV-10s, we winged together. he was shot down and killed in Desert Storm on the second day.
had two kids, his third was born the day after he was shot down. he was a good shit. Semper Fi