The North American OV-10 “Bronco” was conceived and developed by two Marines, W. H. Beckett and Col. K.P. Price in the 1960’s as a simple, rugged close air support aircraft deployed in forward combat areas. Since then the Bronco has seen service in Vietnam, the Caribbean, Afghanistan and Iraq with the United States Marine Corps. After Desert Storm the Marines decommissioned the VMO squadrons in 1993 concluding over thirty years of service for the OV-10 and closing the book on the Marine Fixed Wing Observation squadrons’ story which began in 1943 at MCAS Quantico and saw service during WW II at Guadalcanal, the Battle of Guam and Iwo Jima.