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OH-58 Kiowa. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the AH-64A's replacement of the venerable AH-1, the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment.
The Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) was the planned replacement for the OH-58 Kiowa in United States Army service. This program resulted after the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter resulted in selection of the Bell ARH-70 Arapaho, but was ultimately not procured due to financial and other reasons, and the AAS program itself did result in a new design procurement.
In 1994 the mission of Company C, 1–185th Aviation in Tupelo was changed to armed aerial assault using the OH-58D/I Kiowa Warrior. Company C was then redesignated Company H, 185th Aviation. During 1996 Companies C and D, 1–185th Aviation in Jackson replaced their aging UH-1Hs with the UH-60 Blackhawk.
Bell OH-58A Kiowa: USAr 69-16112: On outdoor display [10] Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior: USAr 93-0976: On indoor display [11] Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior: USAr 93-0015: In storage [12] Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight: USMC 156469: On outdoor display [13] Hughes OH-6A Cayuse: USAr 67-16381: On indoor display [14] Hughes TH-55A Osage: USAr 67-15418: On ...
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English: (cropped version) - An OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, returns to Forward Operating Base Mackenzie, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance and close combat attack mission for Soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division
The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. A derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, the 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4.
The US Army has used the ATAS variant on its OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in the air-to-air role.. In a 19 November 1996 demonstration, a Stinger (ATAS) Block-1 missile was launched from an OH-58D at the Yuma Proving Ground and successfully destroyed a QUH-1 drone helicopter deploying countermeasures at a range greater than 2.8 miles (4,500 m).