It has faded a bit since my last visit to this plane a dozen years before...

Hard to get a good shot of because of the fence placed tightly around it, so a night shot suffices nicely. Sixteen factory-fresh OV-10F were delivered under FMS conditions to the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara or TNI-AU) from 1976 onward (BuNo 160216 to 227 and 160295 to 298.) During its service life, six were lost in accidents and eight are preserved. That means two remain unaccounted for (TT-1001 and TT-1002.) These may still be stored at former home base Malang/Abdulrahman Saleh.

In September 1976, the first of sixteen OV-10F COIN aircraft were delivered to SkU.3. Initially serialled in the S-1.. range, they were frequently used in the former Portuguese East Timor from 1977 (together with the A-4E and F-5E) to deal with continued opposition to the occupation which resulted in Timor becoming an Indonesian province. The first F-16s were delivered in December 1989 and replaced the OV-10s in SkU.3, the Broncos then being used to reactivate SkU.1. After accidents in 2005 and 2007, the type was grounded.

This Bronco has been preserved at Jombang in Jawa Timur since 1995 already. In its operational life it started off with serial S-106 together with fifteen others, soon to be registered in the TT-1001 to 1016 range. In total six crashed and eight of the ten survivors are preserved, all on Java. So forget Bali...

Ex BuNo 160226. This aircraft crashed on July 21st 2005

On display at Museum Pusat TNI-AU Dirgantara Mandala. The emblems of Skadron Udara 3, 1 and 21 are visible under the cockpit. Thirteen Broncos operated from 1976-2007 and were used in COIN operations. These aircraft differed from the US versions by mounting 4 x 12.7mm MGs instead of 7.62mm guns.