North American RockwellPittsburgh-based Rockwell Standard acquired and merged with Los Angeles-based North American Aviation to form North American Rockwell in September 1967 (after North American was partly blamed for the fatal Apollo 1 fire in January 1967). North American Rockwell, became Rockwell International in 1973 with aircraft division North American Aircraft Operation that was sold to Boeing in 1996. North American Rockwell OV-10 BroncoThe North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is an American turboprop light attack and observation aircraft. It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat, and one of its primary missions was as a forward air control (FAC) aircraft. It can carry up to three tons of external munitions, internal loads such as paratroopers or stretchers, and can loiter for three or more hours. North American Rockwell OV-10B Bronco, registration G-ONAA, built 1971, serial number 338-3
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