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The OH-6A helicopters used for transporting personnel became the MH-6 aircraft of the Light Assault Company and the armed OH-6As became the AH-6 aircraft of the Light Attack Company. On 1 October 1986, to help meet the increasing demands for support, the 1-245th Aviation Battalion from the Oklahoma National Guard, which had 25 AH-6 and 23 UH-1 ...
US Army Rangers on exercise using an MH-6. The OH-6 was started in 1960, when the US Army issued Technical Specification 153 for a Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) that could perform personnel transport, escort and attack missions, casualty evacuation, and observation.
Seeking to profitably produce the type, Hughes offered the machine at a more realistic unit price of $56,550, however, this bid was undercut by the redesigned Bell OH-58 Kiowa, a militarised version of the JetRanger series. [8] [9] Despite this, some OH-6 helicopters were still ordered by the U.S. Army, though at a much reduced number.
Experimental heavy-lift helicopter Hughes 269: 1956 2,800 [a] Light utility helicopter Hughes OH-6 Cayuse: 1963 1,420 [b] Light observation helicopter Hughes 500: 1963 4,700 [b] Civilian version of Hughes OH-6 Hughes XV-9: 1964 1 Experimental high speed helicopter Hughes AH-64 Apache: 1975 2,400 [c] Attack helicopter Hughes 500 Defender: 1976 ...
The original OH-6 Cayuse helicopter proved its worth during the Vietnam War in the light helicopter role. The designers at Hughes realized there was a market for a light multi-mission helicopter with an improved equipment fit than the OH-6 and Model 500M.
OH-58 Kiowa. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the AH-64A's replacement of the venerable AH-1, the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment.
[6] The AH-6i is the export version of the AH-6S. The AH-6i first flew on September 16, 2009. [11] Jordan has expressed interest in ordering the AH-6i in May 2010. [12] In October 2010 Saudi Arabia requested 36 AH-6i aircraft with related equipment and weapons from the United States through a Foreign Military Sale.
The Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) program was a United States Army program to evaluate, develop and field a light scout helicopter to replace the Army's aging Bell OH-13 Sioux. It gained impetus with the advent of the Vietnam War, and was aided by advances in helicopter technology, specifically the development of the turboshaft engine.