Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior - Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

The Kiowa was a small and agile scout/observation helicopter. Introduced in 1969, OH-58A's joined divisional reconnaissance squadrons in Vietnam. In visual reconnaissance, a Kiowa flew at tree level or lower, looking for the enemy. If it found them — often by taking fire — the crew called a helicopter gunship orbiting above. If necessary, they then summoned the squadron’s “aero-rifle” platoon to place troops on the ground. Sometimes, they even called in artillery or fixed-wing strikes. In the 1st Cavalry Division (airmobile), the reconnaissance squadron was the 1st Squadron of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. Although it had only about an eighth of the 1st Cav’s fighting forces, the 1/9 accounted for half of the enemy killed by the division.

The ultimate version of the little scout is the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior (as seen in the photograph above). By the 1980's, enemy ground fire had become too powerful for up-close-and-personal scouting. The Kiowa Warrior, an OH-58D upgrade introduced in 1991, was built to do armed reconnaissance in hostile environments. Its two-person crew could be armed with an impressive choice of rockets, missiles, and heavy machine guns. Thanks to its mast-mounted-scope, the Kiowa Warrior could shield its fuselage under obstacles, yet look for the enemy day and night. If it discovered them, it could laser designate them as targets for its hellfire missiles.

In 2015, the Army retired its Kiowa fleet. There was no direct replacement. Instead, the Army called back many AH-64 Apache gunships from Army National Guard units to fill the gap.

-- OH-58D Technical Specifications --
‧ Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter
‧ Type: Armed Scout/Observation/Reconnaissance Helicopter
‧ Reference Model: OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
‧ Date Deployed: 1969
‧ Number Built: 2,200
‧ Crew: 2
‧ Length: 41 ft. 2 in.
‧ Height: 12 ft. 11 in.
‧ Rotor Diameter: 35 ft. 35 feet
‧ Number of Blades: 4
‧ Empty Weight: 3,500 lbs
‧ Maximum Gross Weight: 5,500 lbs
‧ Propulsion: One Rolls-Royce T703-AD-700A (Allison 250-C30R3) turboshaft engine
‧ Shaft Horse Power: 650 hp
‧ Maximum Air Speed: 149 mph
‧ Cruise Speed: 109 mph when armed
‧ Service Ceiling: 15,000 ft
‧ Range: 161 miles (140 nautical miles)
‧ Defense Suite: Infrared seeker /jammer; radio and laser warning detectors, inherent infrared suppression, flares
‧ Surveillance Mast: High-resolution, low-light TV camera, laser rangefinder for armament guidance, IR thermal imaging sensor for navigation and night target acquisition
‧ Weapons: Universal weapons pylons for LAU-68 pods of seven Hydra 70 mm folding fin aerial rockets, M3P .50-caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns, AGM 114 Hellfire missiles

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

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Taken on: May 4, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/6.3, 18mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/6.3
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	400
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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