A great article about the last combat flights of the OH-58 Kiowa.
http://www.fayobserver.com/military/with-the-troops-kiowa-pilots-have-been-protecting-soldiers-on/article_14e480cb-306f-5b97-98db-52d7705165d9.html
Now that Congress has blocked the transfer of the Apache from the NG to Active Duty, what will take it's place now that the AD Army has lost an entire airframe.
The rise in deployment of UAV's sounds good, but I'd love to see a UAV do a third of what this Helicopter and Pilots have done for the troops on the ground.
The comment from the Medivac Pilots says a lot.
http://www.fayobserver.com/military/with-the-troops-kiowa-pilots-have-been-protecting-soldiers-on/article_14e480cb-306f-5b97-98db-52d7705165d9.html
Now that Congress has blocked the transfer of the Apache from the NG to Active Duty, what will take it's place now that the AD Army has lost an entire airframe.
The rise in deployment of UAV's sounds good, but I'd love to see a UAV do a third of what this Helicopter and Pilots have done for the troops on the ground.
The comment from the Medivac Pilots says a lot.