US Army retires Kiowa Warrior

John Zimmerman, Aviation Development Directorate Aviation Support Facility manager, ‘bows’ an OH-58D during its final flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. USAF/Staff Sgt Teresa J Cleveland THE US Army has completed its retirement of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. The service’s final Kiowa Warrior flight took place on September 18 at Felker Army Airfield, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The withdrawal of the scout helicopter began 40 months earlier when the first example was retired under the Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) in