Does the CIA (BATF, State Dept, NSA, Scientologists) really use Broncos against Americans?
(Updated 04/17/01) This is a rumor that has appeared on a couple of websites and in articles in past years, starting right after the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco TX. It seems that the fact that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) acquired Broncos for anti-narcotics operations started a lot of unsubstantiated stories online and elsewhere, primarily among the conspiracy-theorist community. The BATF has long been a favorite target for anti-government sentiment, however all the stories we’ve seen relating to OV-10s being acquired by government agencies allegedly for use against U.S. citizens have been wildly inaccurate and usually conflict with both known facts and common sense. Stories like this should be treated as amusing and nothing more. The Broncos the BATF acquired in 1994 were later transferred to the State Dept. where they are operated to spray herbicide on coca fields in South America. These airframes were in fact acquired by, and are FAA-registered to, a ficti
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