1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The newly updated Kiowa Warrior aircraft, the OH-58F, made a ceremonial "first flight," April 30, 2013, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. With new cockpit and sensor ...

Two Kiowa aircraft can be transported in a C-130 aircraft. For air transportation the vertical tail fin pivots, the main rotor blades and the horizontal stabilizer are folded, ...

Unmanned aircraft provide an element on the battlefield that can grow the Kiowa helicopter's effectiveness larger than its own shadow. "Our utilization is potentially more effective with the use ...

The OH-58 Kiowa was never the U.S. Army’s first choice in a scout aircraft, yet the helicopter, its pilots, and its mechanics have proven to be an unstoppable force in modern air cavalry tactics.

The Kiowa helicopter served the Army as a light observation and reconnaissance aircraft from its introduction in 1969 until the service started retiring it in 2013. Now 70 0f the Kiowa Warriors ...

The recently retired OH-58 Kiowa Warrior doesn’t look like much. It’s small, quiet, and, technically, it’s a reconnaissance helicopter.

The FVL effort will bring in new aircraft as the service phases out its UH-60 Black Hawks and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. FARA is meant to fill a capability gap left by the retirement of the ...

Boeing unveiled its design for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. Now that all candidates are public, let’s see what we know about the helicopters that could replace the OH-58D Kiowa ...

The likely end of the OH-58 Kiowa is a sore subject for many who have spent careers working on or flying the aircraft. Now, with the mission complete, the Fort Bragg pilots aren't sure what's next ...

The Army repeatedly stressed at the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual summit that the biggest gap it has is the one left open when it retired its armed reconnaissance helicopter ...

That’s because Kiowa squadrons tend to have 30 aircraft whereas Apache units have 24 helicopters. JBLM will now have 48 Apaches helicopters in two Apache battalions.

Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky and Bell Textron Inc. will compete for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, the service announced Wednesday. The service selected ...