Originally Venezuela attempted to obtain Embraer Super Tucano aircraft to switch the OV-10, but no deal was achieved which President Chavez claimed was because of the result of stress from the U.S. government. The Venezuelan government has decided not to substitute them with new fastened wing aircraft. Rather, the Venezuelan Air Force is changing them with the Russian made Mil Mi-28 assault helicopter. The Venezuelan Air Force has operated a variety of new construct OV-10Es and ex-USAF OV-10As over time. On 27 November 1992, the plane had been widely utilized by mutinous officers who staged an attempted coup d’état towards former President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
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The rebels dropped bombs and launched rockets in opposition to police and authorities buildings in Caracas. Four Broncos had been lost through the uprising, together with two shot down by a loyalist General Dynamics F-sixteen Fighting Falcon. The Royal Thai Air Force bought 32 new OV-10C plane within the early 1970s for COIN utilization. Reportedly Broncos won most Thai bombing competitions until F-5Es became operational. At one time, the RTAF flew OV-10s as air-defense plane. In 2004, RTAF donated most of the OV-10s to the Philippines. Three OV-10 survivors are displayed, one on the Tango Squadron Wing forty one Museum in Chiang Mai, the RTAF Museum in Bangkok, and a static display at the primary gate of Wing 5 in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
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