Is it North American, Rockwell or Boeing?
(Created 04/02/01) North American Aviation was incorporated in Delaware in 1928 and built many famous aircraft including the P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell bomber, F-86 Sabre, XB-70 Valkyrie, and X-15 experimental rocket plane. The NA300 was North American’s entry into the US Navy’s Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LARA) competition, and was declared the winning design in August 1964. It first flew under the designation YOV-10A Bronco on July 16, 1965. In October 1966 the first production order for the OV-10A was placed. On September 22, 1967, North American Aviation Inc. and Rockwell Standard Corporation of Pittsburgh (a manufacturer of automotive components and builder of the Aero Commander series of civil aircraft) merged to form North American Rockwell Corporation. By September 1969, the US Marine Corps had 114 OV-10A Broncos in service, of which 18 were on loan to the USN. At this time, the USAF had 157 OV-10A’s. Most were dedicated to Forward Air Control duties in Vietnam. In 19
