February 6th, 2024 Meeting at 7PM with Tim Sikorski presenting Stories of the OV-10D Bronco of VAL-4
OV-10D Bronco of VAL-4 in 1969
The February 6 LSAC meeting will feature Tim Sikorski, a Navy pilot flying the ONLY U.S. Navy land based fixed wing attack squadron, with Bronco OV-10A aircraft making up VAL-4.
VAL-4 known as (Black Ponie's) [think....Bronco's] was stood up in April, 1969 and flew through March of 1972, supporting the U. S. Navy Riverine program.
Initially, VAL-4 was based at Binh Thuy as Detachment A and at Vung Tau, known as Detachment B. In July 70, Detachment B was moved to Bin Thuy and all OV-10A operations from July, 1970 through March, 1972 was from Binh Thuy. VAL-4 flew over 21,000 combat missions, on over 42,000 flight hours of operations. Tim will share some of his stories.