Editing Curtiss Falcon (section)

==Operational history==
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[[File:Curtiss OC-2.jpg|thumb|Curtiss OC-2s in flight, c. 1929]]
Reasonably successful as an observation aircraft, Falcons flew primarily in the [[1st Reconnaissance Squadron|1st]], 5th and 99th Observation Squadrons of the [[9th Bomb Group|9th Observation Group]], [[Mitchel Field]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The A-3 Attack Falcon saw considerable use, in first-line service with the 8th, 13th and 19th Attack Squadrons of the 3rd Attack Group, [[Barksdale Air Force Base|Barksdale Field]], [[Louisiana]], and the 26th Attack Squadron in [[Hawaii]] from 1928 to 1934 and second-line service with reserve units until 1937.

The U.S. Navy introduced the F8C-1 and F8C-3 Falcon as a shipboard fighter in 1927–1928. They were later redesignated OC-1 and OC-2 for Marine Corps use as an observation/bomber. The F8C-4 Helldiver variant initially saw service with the Navy, and the first production batch of 25 was transferred in 1931 to the Marine Corps. A total of 34 F8Cs redesignated as O2C-1 observation aircraft were also transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1931, serving with squadrons VN-10RD9, VN-11RD9, and VN-12RD9. Most of the 63 newer F8C-5/O2C-1 Helldivers also served with the Marines, remaining in service until 1936. The type was featured in multiple Hollywood films: ''[[Flight (1929 film)|Flight]]'' (1929), ''[[Hell Divers]]'' (1932) and ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933). Two non-flying replicas were built for ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'' (2005)

Curtiss Falcon aircraft fought during the [[Brazil]] [[Constitutionalist Revolution]] of 1932, under the flag of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]. In [[Bolivia]], the aircraft type also fought in the [[Chaco War]] (1932–1935), bombing [[Paraguay]]an troops.<ref name="Hagedorn">{{cite book |last1=Hagedorn |first1=Dan |last2=Sapienza |first2=Antonio Luis |title=Aircraft of the Chaco War |date=2000 |publisher=Schiffer Pub |isbn=0-7643-0146-2 |page=144}}</ref><ref name="Corum">{{Cite journal |last=Corum |first=James S. |date=3 February 2003 |title=O Poder Aéreo na Guerra do Chaco |trans-title=Air Power in the Chaco War |url=http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-p/2003/1tri03/corum.html |url-status=dead |journal=Air & Space Power Journal |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063524/http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/apj-p/2003/1tri03/corum.html |archive-date=18 February 2017 |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> The [[Colombian Air Force]] used Falcon F-8 and O-1 in the [[Colombia-Peru War]] in 1932–3.