Aircraft Photo of N401DF | North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco | CDF - California Department of Forestry | AirHistory.net #877700
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N401DF
Fleet number:310
Aircraft Original Type:North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
Aircraft Generic Type:North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
Aircraft Version:North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco
C/n (msn):305-68
Operator Titles:CDF - California Department of Forestry
Location
City / Airport:Hemet - Hemet-RyanMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHMT   IATA: HMT   Local: HMT   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1997
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 877700
Photo Comment

At rest on the ramp at Hemet-Ryan Fire Attack Base, CA. Carries, under its cockpit, the titles "Ryan Air Attack". In military service from new with the US Marine Corps as 155457.Put into storage at MASDC, Arizona in 1975, but returned to Marine Corps service. In 1993, transferred to the US Forest Service and allocated to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection as N401DF, operating as Fire Service "301". By the end of 2013, repainted with CAL FIRE titles and new operating number "440".

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