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    The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. It was produced...
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    lost the contract to Bell, resulting in the competing Bell OH-58 Kiowa being produced. The OH-6/Model 369 was license-produced overseas by the Japanese...
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    commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army as the OH-58 Kiowa. Bell also developed a seven-place...
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    for urban combat, the ARH-70 was slated to replace the Army's aging OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. Excessive delays and growth in program costs forced its cancellation...
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  • Kiowa H-1 upgrade program Bell UH-1Y Venom Bell AH-1Z Viper Bell CH-146 Griffon Bell ARH-70 Arapaho - cancelled armed reconnaissance helicopter Bell 360...
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  • to develop a successor to the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program. The OH-58 was retired in 2017; three prior...
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    Related development Bell 206 Bell OH-58 Kiowa Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairchild Hiller YOH-5 Hughes OH-6 Cayuse Related lists...
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    the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4. In 1993, Bell began the development of...
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  • Colorado Kiowa, Kansas Kiowa, Montana Kiowa, Nebraska, a ghost town Kiowa, Oklahoma Fort Kiowa, South Dakota Bell OH-58 Kiowa, a family of single-engine, single-rotor...
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    develop and field a light scout helicopter to replace the Army's aging Bell OH-13 Sioux. It gained impetus with the advent of the Vietnam War, and was...
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  • and eventually became trained as an Aeroscout Observer, flying the Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter. His awards and decorations include the Army Service Ribbon...
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    eliminate ground targets. Pairings with other helicopters, such as the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter, were also common occurrences. Radio communications...
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    in Vietnam included the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse, the Bell OH-58 Kiowa, and the Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe. Although the concept of air...
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    as well as around 25 helicopters such as Bell 206, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Eurocopter Dauphin, OH-6 Cayuse and Sikorsky S-300. The Specialized...
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  • H-58 may refer to: H-58 (Michigan county highway) H-58 Kiowa or Bell OH-58 Kiowa, a helicopter This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    requirement, while the U.S. Army's FARA should replace the retired Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout and up to half of the AH-64 fleet. The AH-64 Apache has a four-blade...
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    available to US forces. AH-64 Apache AH-6 MH-6 Little Bird AH-1Z Viper Bell OH-58 Kiowa Tiger ARH MH-60R MH-60S Beechcraft Super King Air Cessna AC-208 Combat...
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    Little Bird Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell OH-58 Kiowa Bell ARH-70 Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout Boeing A160 Hummingbird...
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    1967 1116 Bell 206 Multipurpose Utility helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation Common prototype with OH-58. 1966 1967 7300 Bell OH-58 Kiowa Observation/scout...
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  • armed reconnaissance/scout role that was previously filled by the Bell OH-58 Kiowa until its retirement in 2014. On April 4, 2019, the Army released a...
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    Hughes OH-6 Cayuse MD Helicopters MD 500 MD Helicopters Defender Boeing AH-6 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell OH-58 Kiowa Bell ARH-70...
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    neutral buoyancy pool. Following her studies, McClain qualified as a Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot. She was deployed to the 2nd Battalion, 6th...
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    conversion Valmet L-90 Redigo Agusta A109A Bell 206 Bell 407 Bell 222SP Bell 230 Bell 430 Bell OH-58 Kiowa Bell YOH-4 Boeing AH-6 Cicaré CH-14 Enstrom 480...
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  • (24 AH-64 Apache) One x Attack reconnaissance squadrons (ARS) (30 Bell OH-58 Kiowa) One x Assault helicopter battalion (AHB) (30 UH-60 Black Hawk) One...
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  • AH-64 Apache  United States AH-64D 47 Delivered and on order. Bell OH-58 Kiowa  United States OH-58D +40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk  United States UH-60L 67...
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    helicopters, such as the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk and variants, Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, Bell OH-58 Kiowa, and others. At the outbreak...
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    Operation Urgent Fury (1983) US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Bell AH-1 Cobra and Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopters on deck of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight...
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    was undercut by the redesigned Bell OH-58 Kiowa, a militarised version of the JetRanger series. Despite this, some OH-6 helicopters were still ordered...
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    drone crew misidentified the civilians as hostile threats. A force of Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, who were attempting to protect ground troops fighting...
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    three-vehicle convoy were killed by a combined force of a Lockheed AC-130, Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopters and General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones, who misidentified...
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