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Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
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In
the mid 1950s both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps required a
battlefield surveillance aircraft able to operate from rough fields
on a STOL basis. Initially designated the YAO-1 and
changed to the YOV-1, the prototype first flew on 14 April 1959.
The first turbo-prop aircraft to enter service
with the U.S. Army, the Mohawk is slow but highly maneuverable
with a well armored cockpit. The OV-1 saw service in
Vietnam. The Mohawk was retired in 1996 with 375 having been
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 | G-134: Grumman model number |
| OV-1: U.S. Army observation version |
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