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The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. It was produced by the American manufacturer Bell Helicopter and is closely related to the Model 206A JetRanger civilian helicopter.
English: Bell CH-136 Kiowa Helicopter (Serial No. 136216), RCAF, painted in D-Day colours to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the formation of 403 Squadron, now 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron, 1 Wing, at 5 CDSG Base Gagetown, New Brunswick.
Light observation helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation: Bell 47 variant. 1945 1946 2407 Bell H-12: Military utility helicopter Bell Aircraft: Company Model 48: 1946 Never 13 [3] Kellett XR-10: Military transport helicopter Kellett Autogiro Corporation Prototype. Program canceled 1949. 1947 Never 2 Sikorsky S-52: Utility helicopter Sikorsky ...
OH-58 Kiowa Light observation helicopter that replaced the OH-6A Cayuse. TH-57A Sea Ranger 40 commercial Bell 206A aircraft purchased as the primary U.S. Navy helicopter trainer in January 1968 for training prospective U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard and select NATO/Allied helicopter pilots. [36] US Navy TH-57C 206L TexasRanger
The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. A derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, the 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4.
The AH-1 was the first U.S. Army helicopter not named for a Native American people since the practice began with the H-13 Sioux and continued with the UH-1 Iroquois, AH-56 Cheyenne, OH-58 Kiowa, and later helicopters. [12]
408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (408 THS) (French: 408 e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères) is a unit of 1 Wing, Kingston. It is co-located with 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton .
The CH-146 was purchased by the CF to replace four existing helicopters, the CH-136 Kiowa in the observation role, the CH-135 Twin Huey in the army tactical role, the CH-118 Iroquois in the base rescue role and the heavy lift CH-147 Chinook. From the time of its purchase defence analysts have been critical of the aircraft pointing to its ...