The stable of Kiowas maintained by C Troop have logged more flight hours than most other cavalry units in Iraq so far, according to Capt. Tim McGrew, troop commander.

Thus, the Kiowas were replaced Army wide by the Lakota. “The OH-58Cs here and at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin, California) are the last ones in the Army inventory,” Smith said.

The 159th Kiowas will fly again for the U.S. Army one more time in May, down to Tucson, Arizona, and the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

A letter has been received at the Indian Office from one of its agents, dated Fort Cobb, Indian Territory, May 15, in which he reports that the wild Indians, particularly the Kiowas, seem very ...