OV- 10 can use Taikang navigation system covering Southeast Asia to accurately locate itself and its target in flight. Another feature of OV- 10A is that the lower part of the fuselage is equipped with a pair of short wings, and the four claws under the wings can carry 1 925 kilograms of weapons, such as 19' s 2.75-inch LAU-3/A rocket launching nest, 5-inch Zuni rocket launching nest and 250-pound MK.8/KLOC-.

A 230 or 150 gallon secondary mailbox can be hung below the centerline of the fuselage. In addition, four 7.62mm M60C machine guns were fixed inside the short wing. Therefore, the firepower of OV- 10A should not be underestimated, and FAC began to have the ability of counterattack and active attack only after it was equipped with OV- 10A. The aircraft has a battery life of 3 hours and a range of 2,680 kilometers.

OV- 10 also has outstanding short takeoff and landing performance, light and fast low-altitude maneuverability and flexible weapon mounting method, so it is very popular with the military. In the battlefield evaluation conducted from April to June in 1969, the shortest response time was only 5 minutes!

OV- 10A The modification training for pilots takes about 16 weeks, including 25 hours of indoor training and 75 hours of flight training. In the past three years, five instructors of the Air Force have trained 97 foreign troops and 422 crew members on OV- 10A. During this period, the total flight time in the air was 8800 hours.