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CUTAWAY: Ultimate Survivor - OH-58 enters fifth decade stronger than ever By Stephen Trimble Scout helicopters have a torturous legacy in the US Army acquisition system. Three attempts to buy a light observation helicopter - the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse in 1967, the Sikorsky/Boeing RAH-66 Comanche in 2004 and finally the Bell Helicopter ARH-70 Arapaho in 2008 - have failed, with billions of dollars wasted in the process. The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is the only aircraft to survive the gauntlet. In the 37-year interval between the cancellations of the Cayuse and Comanche, the army fielded four major versions of the basic...

Posted on Sat, Feb. 07, 2004 U.S. Copter Crew Kills Iraqi Insurgent Associated Press TIKRIT, Iraq - A U.S. Army helicopter crew killd one insurgent and wounded another during a rocket attack against an Army base north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. The two pilots of the OH-58D "Kiowa Warrior" helicopter from the 4th Infantry division's, 10th Cavalry Regiment saw smoke trails from two rockets leading toward Logistical Support Area Anaconda near Balad, 65 miles north of Baghdad on Friday. The crew saw an insurgent who tried to evade the helicopter as it approached. The pilots fired on...

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. Army helicopter crew killed one insurgent and wounded another during a rocket attack against an Army base north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. The two pilots of the OH-58D "Kiowa Warrior" helicopter from the 4th Infantry division's, 10th Cavalry Regiment saw smoke trails from two rockets leading toward Logistical Support Area Anaconda near Balad, 65 miles north of Baghdad on Friday. The crew saw an insurgent who tried to evade the helicopter as it approached. The pilots fired on the attacker, killing him, the military said in a statement. A patrol sent...