The pilot released a bomb as the plane leveled off, and the ordnance ripped into an urban neighborhood, spraying debris over several buildings. The scene, captured in a recent viral video, is said to have occurred over Marawi, a city of 200,000 people in the southern Philippines where a fierce battle has been waged since last month between government security forces and militants aligned with the Islamic State. At the center of the fight has been the OV-10 Bronco, a Vietnam War-era plane that the Philippines has deployed along with jets like the FA-50 Fighting Eagle, a light combat fighter that the government in Manila has bought in waves from South Korea. Initially conceived in the 1960s in the United States, it offered U.S. forces in Vietnam a simple, rugged plane that could carry out close-air support for American troops on the ground and take off from short runways. ...
World In the Philippines, a Vietnam War-era plane takes center stage fighting ISIS
The pilot released a bomb as the plane leveled off, and the ordnance ripped into an urban neighborhood, spraying debris over several buildings. The scene, captured in a recent viral video, is said to have occurred over Marawi, a city of 200,000 people in the southern Philippines where a fierce battle has been waged since last month between government security forces and militants aligned with the Islamic State. At the center of the fight has been the OV-10 Bronco, a Vietnam War-era plane that the Philippines has deployed along with jets like the FA-50 Fighting Eagle, a light combat fighter that the government in Manila has bought in waves from South Korea. Initially conceived in the 1960s in the United States, it offered U.S. forces in Vietnam a simple, rugged plane that could carry out close-air support for American troops on the ground and take off from short runways. ...
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