OH-58D Kiowa Warrior

Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, 3 January 1996 — U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters are staged for deployment in Operation Joint Endeavor. The OH-58's will be loaded into Air Force cargo aircraft and deployed to bases in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR). The Kiowa is a two seat, single engine, four-bladed main rotor, scout helicopter with a low light television, thermal imaging system and a laser rangefinder/designator incorporated into a mast mounted sight. The helicopters are from the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Aviation Brigade Cavalry Unit, Schweifurt, Germany.

DOD photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Moore, U.S. Air Force.

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