Cessna OE-2 VMO-6 United States Marine Corps these organizations were at the

these organizations were at the forefront of developing the weapons systems and tactics that would define American airpower through the Cold War

United States Army Air Forces — a unit manned by pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

and enhanced avionics that transformed the aircraft from a Cold War tank killer into a highly precise

The “R” prefix in the RA-24A designation stands for restricted — denoting an aircraft deemed no longer suitable for combat use but still fully airworthy and assigned to non-combat support duties

Assigned to the Naval Air Test Center

Cessna OE-2 VMO-6 United States Marine Corps these organizations were at theThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Cessna OE 2 Bird Dog, operated by VMO 6 (Marine Observation Squadron 6), United States Marine Corps. The OE 2 was the Marine Corps' designation for the improved L 19E variant of the Bird Dog, featuring the more powerful Continental O 470 11 engine that gave it enhanced performance over the earlier OE 1. VMO 6 operated both the OE 1 and OE 2 in the low altitude observation, artillery spotting, and forward air control