This Kiowa was delivered to the US Army as an OH-58A with serial 72-21225. The helicopter was converted to OH-58D with serial 88-00312 and again converted to OH-58D(I) Kiowa Warrior with serial 95-00013. It is seen here just for take-off from deployment base Kandahar when serving B/2-17th CAV. The Warrior was placed into storage with the 309th AMARG on 8 May 2015 and sold as scrap to HVF West at Tucson (AZ) on 10 August 2017.

Delivered to the US Army as OH-58A with serial 68-16771. It was converted to OH-58D with serial 85-24708 and later to OH-58D(I) with serial 92-00528. The Kiowa Warrior (also named KeeDoubleU) was placed into storage at 309th AMARG on 14 May 2015 and was sold as scrap to HVF West at Tucson (AZ) on 18 September 2017. The Kiowa Warrior is the armed version of the OH-58D and used for nap-of-the-earth flight profiles. The OH-58D(I) seen here is equipped with the distinctive Mast-Mounted Sight (MMS) above the main rotor.

This Kiowa Warrior of the B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment "Banshee", one of two OH-58D units in the Combat Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Ft. Campbell (KY), was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008. It is seen here just after take-off for another combat mission. This 970 was placed in storage at 309th AMARG on 11 December 2014. It left the storage depot in November 2016 when it was sold as scrap to HVF West at Tucson.

When this picture was taken, this Kiowa Warrior was most probably assigned to the B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment "Banshee", one of two OH-58D units in the Combat Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Ft. Campbell (KY). This 559 is a refurbished Fiscal Year 1971 OH-58D. After military service, the Kiowa was placed in storage at 309th AMARG on 22 April 2015. It left the storage depot on 18 September 2017 when it was sold as scrap to HVF West at Tucson.

The OH-58D(I) Kiowa Warrior is equipped with the most distinctive feature of the Kiowa family, the Mast Mounted Sight (MMS). This MMS is a kind of beach ball perched on top of the rotor blades that is equipped with a gyro-stabilized television system (TVS), a thermal imaging system (TIS), and a laser range finder/designator (LRF/D). The 94-00063 unfortunately crashed a few months after this picture was taken during a post maintenance test flight from Kandahar. The crash was caused by technical failure during an autorotation landing.