Posted on Aug 9, 2014
The demise of the OH-58D. What will happen to my beloved Air Cavalry?
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No more Kiowas. Air Cavalry is a close knit group. There were just of hand full of places we could go (other than the sandbox) so we practically all knew each other. Seeing a 58D flying overhead is synonymous with being in contact, yet we are putting them out to stud. What a sad time for the ground pounders and convoys. If I were king..........
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Is the role going away or merely a platform change? The former is the death of "cavalry" as a battlefield function, the latter is merely the evolution from going from horse to vehicle. The mount changes, the mission is the same (Cavalry in name vs cavalry in function).
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LTC Paul Labrador
All I know is the Kiowas used to buzz the hospital on Al Asad in the middle of the night. Us med types need our beauty sleep if we're gonna take care of troopie owies..... ;o)
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LTC Paul Labrador
Of course, if things go up in flames in Ukraine, those Apaches may have to earn their pay.....
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SFC Mark Merino
That 30 mm will be a can opener on just about everything. I keep seeing T-80's on the side of the roads burnt to a cinder WITH reactive armor. I wonder what toys the Ukrainians are using?
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LTC Paul Labrador
Well considering the T-80 is a piece of shit, they could be throwing spitwads at them and they'd still probably got catastrophic..... ;)
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SFC Mark Merino I hate to see it go, the OH-58 was a great recon copter. Hopefully the rest of the force will carry on brother.
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