O-1 Bird Dog US ArmyCessna O 1 305 Birdog Army airplane model. The Defense Department ordered 3,200 L 19s that were built between 1950 and 1959. The planes were used in various utility roles such as artillery spotting, front line communications, medevac and training. During the Vietnam War, the planes were used for reconnaissance and forward air control. It received the name of "Bird Dog" as a result of a contest held with Cessna employees to name the aircraft. The

948 of the three different versions had been built

(120 new and 240 converted from A-6A's)

Gulfstream IIBs are G-IIs retrofitted with the G-III's wing

Each aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect

As with the Lockheed XFV-1

including Argentina

These fins will increase the drag on the bomb slowing it allowing the aircraft to escape the area before detonation

The airplane began flying combat missions in the Southwest Pacific in the spring of 1942

The Cessna 190 and 195 were Cessna's only postwar radial-engined aircraft

The Israeli Air Force also used the AGM-45 extensively

To accelerate production

000 trucks and were credited with many crucial close air support missions