Military Light Aircraft

Military light fixed wing aircraft provide ground commanders with a utility air capability for observation, rapid personnel transport, and high priority delivery services. These capacities are organic to U.S. Army or Marine Corps units and do not require inter-service coordination with the USAF. Small planes continue to be useful to the modern military almost 100 years from the time they were introduced.

10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23A Sherpa over the Rhine River valley, Germany, 18 July 1988.

Today in WW II: 11 Sep 1944 Following Operation DRAGOON, US Seventh Army links up with Patton's Third Army west of Dijon, France, creating a solid wall of Allied forces stretching from Antwerp, Holland to the Swiss border. More ↓

11 Sep 1944 First into Germany: At 1805 a 5th Armored Division patrol reached the Our River, then waded across, moving from Luxembourg into Germany near Stalzemburg, on the Siegfried Line.
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Chart of Military Light Aircraft

In this chart of military light aircraft, click on the photo link to go to the page of photos and information for the specific plane. See also: Chart of Helicopters

Aircraft	Description	Photo Link
Gliders	Military Cargo Gliders
O-47	North American Aviation O-47
O-52	Curtiss O-52 Owl
L-1	Stinson L-1 Vigilant
L-2M	Taylorcraft L-2M Grasshopper
L-3	Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper
L-4	Piper L-4 Grasshopper
L-5	Stinson L-5 Sentinel
L-21	Piper L-21 Super Cub
OV-1	Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
CV-2 C-7	CV-2 / C-7 Caribou
C-12	C-12 Huron
C-23	C-23 Sherpa
C-26	C-26 Metroliner
V-22	Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey