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Lt. Col. Michael McCurry, commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. William McGaha, 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, prepareto case the battalion's color during a deployment ceremony held in Hangar 6 on Fort Wainwri More

Five OH-58 Kiowa helicopters with the 1-150th Air Assault Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, wait to be loaded on to a C-17 Globemaster III with the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, a More

Sgt. Collin Marshall, a fuel resupply specialist of the Fuel Distribution Platoon, Troop G, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., runs tests on the Forward Arming and Refueling Point fu More

Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight checks on a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, before conducting a mission over Mosul, Iraq, April 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th S More

Sgt. Joshua Sullivan a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crew chief of 1st Platoon, Troop H, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., conducts maintenance checks on a Kiowa at Logistical Supply Area More

Spc. Zach Landis replaces a hydraulic line on a OH-58 Scout helicopter. Landis is a full-time mechanic with the 112th Aviation Battalion in Bismarck, ND.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Noble an aviator with Det 1 A Company 1-224 Aviation Security and Support Battalion, New York Army National Guard does a demonstration flight in an OH-58 Kiowa Sept 19. The U.S More

A Banshee Troop, Task Force Eagle Assault, scout weapons team departs Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Afghanistan for a reconnaissance and security mission to protect coalition forces and Afghan civilians fro More

An Oregon Army National Guard OH-58 helicopter takes off from the Maj. Charles L. Diebert Operations Facility in Salem, Ore., to assist with a search and rescue near Umatilla, Ore., Nov. 15. The Kiowa helicopte More

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilots conduct a pinnacle landing at approximately 9,500 feet above sea level in the mountains just west of Fort Carson, Colo., April 28. The 82n More

Two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters do a low fly-by over soldiers of Task Force Wings (4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment) during a ceremony here to honor those who lost their lives during and since the attack on t More

Two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters do a low fly-by over soldiers of Task Force Wings (4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment) during a ceremony here to honor those who lost their lives during and since the attack on t More

Two U.S. Army Black Hawks and a King Air 300, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize-Afghanistan, wait on a C-130 Hercules to land before their departure on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Ar More

Col. Chuck Webster, commander, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and CW3 Chachere, 159th Aviation Brigade, take to the air aboard a OH-58 “Kiowa” at FOB Lagman, Zabul province, Afghanistan More

A King Air 300 from Bravo Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize - Afghanistan, sits on the Delta East Ramp during sunset on Bagram Air Base, Afghanis More

A Task Force Corsair UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sits on a pad at Forward Operating Base Shank. Corsair is one of 6 multiple-function aviation task forces deployed under the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade throug More

Task Force Atlas's "Red Ball Express" is one of a few small commuter planes shuttling troops and parts across RC-East for the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. By using the plane instead of combat helicopters to sh More

Spc. Gabriele Harper, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade food service specialist from Memphis, Tenn., removes fresh pizza from the oven just prior to the Super Bowl. "Pizzas 4 Patriots," a nonprofit organization i More

The Kiowa Warrior helicopter crews of Task Force Saber, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade escort their aircraft back out to the flight line after a violent wind hit Forward Operating Base Miami at the National Trai More

Task Force Saber Command Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods of Hampton, S.C., conducts his rounds on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Feb. 23. Woods has been a sergeant major for 13 years, and is one of seven task force serg More

Task Force Saber Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods, of Hampton, S.C., stops to chat as Spc. Matrix Morton, of West Valley City, Utah, works on a generator Feb. 22 on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Maj. Brad Bertinot, of Bayou Blue, La., Task Force Talon executive officer, and U.S. Army Spc. Yeonju Henderson, of Daejon, South Korea, a supply specialist with Task Force Talon, plan a joint operati More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Stover, of Yuma, Ariz., and Spc. Zach Eddy, of Ramsey, Ill., Black Hawk crew chiefs with Task Force Talon, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, carry M-240 machine guns, M-16 rifles and M-4 rifle More

A CH-47F Chinook is waiting for takeoff at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, March 1. The Chinook pilots and crew members with 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, have flo More

Capt. Michael Stackhouse of Lima, Ohio, and 1st Sgt. Christopher Roche, of Alexandria, Va., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Saber, place gold combat spurs on the feet of Saber Troopers March 2, 2012. G More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior patrols the skies near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Soldiers with Bravo Company, 7-158th, form up one last time to receive their end of tour awards March 6. During their 10 month deployment, the Spartans, a U.S. Army reserve unit out of Olathe, Kan., were respon More

U.S. Army medical evacuation soldiers with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, stand at attention in front of coalition forces, March 13. Six U.S. soldiers were awarded the French Cross of th More

U.S. Army Sgt. Derick Bouman, an avionics mechanic with the Ohio National Guard, gives a quick class to U.S. Army Spc. Michael Johnson on the UH-60 Black Hawk generator during scheduled maintenance, March 19. ( More

Four AH-64D Apache Longbows with Task Force Wolfpack depart from Forward Operating Base Salerno in support of combat operations in Ghazni province March 21. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Erin Dierschow, Task Force P More

Two young Afghan girls wait as their family receives food donations near Bamyan, Afghanistan. Bamyan, the site of giant Buddhas carved in the 5th century and later destroyed by the Taliban, is one of the poores More

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton Trotter of LaPalma, Calif., presides over Easter sunrise service on Bagram Air Field April 8, just prior to the "Run for Jesus." Trotter, an avid runner, More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Shober of Fayetteville, N.C., receives an Army Commendation medal from 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade commander Col. T.J. Jamison and Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Farmer April 21. Shober More

Four 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade soldiers were inducted into the Order of Saint Michael on Bagram Air Field, April 21. The award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Ar More

The Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion. The Sergeant Audie Murphy club is a private U.S. Army organization for non-commissioned officers only. According to regulation, members must "exemplify leadership characteri More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook hovers as ground crews hook a large generator to the heavy-lift aircraft on Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan. Late-night Chinook airlifts More

The Army Commendation medal with "V" device. The "V" device signifies valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force. Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, awarded three ARCOMs with "V" device More

The Air Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. The award was established in 1942. The Army and Air Force both award air medals with "V" dev More

Toby Keith performs for more than 1,000 service members on Bagram Air Field, April 29. Keith is on his 10th USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour. "I've met so many great, brave service men and women over the yea More

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Jordan, a medevac crew chief from New Albany, Miss., prepares his UH-60 Black Hawk for flight on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, May 9.

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills, Calif., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deane Bostick stand watch while 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Troops salute a memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Serge More

An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded in the insurgent attack on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, June 1. The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade medevac crews were airborne just minutes More

First. Lt. Mathew Fazzari, 25, of College Place, Wash., originally of Walla Walla, Wash., died in when his OH-58D Kiowa helicopter was engaged by enemy forces over eastern Afghanistan June 6. The Gonzaga Univer More

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Wentworth, of Hesperia, Calif., works on a disassembling a CH-47 Chinook engine aided by Afghan counterparts. Wentworth's unit, the 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation B More

This is the charge to newly-promoted non-commissioned officers. Becoming a non-commissioned officer is the most important career-progression step for a young enlisted soldier. Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat A More

Petroleum supply specialists in the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade customize their helmets with paintings of their hobbies, favorite sports teams, or scenes from their hometowns. Staff Sgt. John Tune, a petroleum More

Sgt. Koku Adzoble, an automated logistical specialist with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, is deployed to Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan. Adzoble emigrated to the United States More

Spc. Alfred Kollie escaped civil war in Liberia and more than eight years in a refugee camp to become a U.S. soldier with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Af More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers of Galveston, Texas, helps U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Halberg of Battle Ground, Wash., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff of Fort Bragg, N.C., hook up to extraction equipment More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, 51, joined the National Guard four years ago, along with his wife, Carol. Both were 47. The retired firefighter wasn't done giving back to his community, and now serve More

The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left to right) U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Lee Jones, of Roxboro, N.C.; U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Aronson, of Austin, Texas; U.S. Army Spc. Terry Mills, of Bran More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left), 35, of Redlands, Calif., and U.S. Army 1st Lt. June Ciaramitaro, 26, of Fort Worth, Texas, prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter for take-off on More

A French air force EC 725 Caracal helicopter of Task Force Mousquetaire sits on display at Kabul International Airport for a contingent of U.S. Army aviators and commanders from Task Force Pegasus, 82nd Combat More

Tom Lupu (right) of the Liberty Jump Team prepares to land after jumping from a World War II-era C-47 Skytrain during the Super Saturday Air Show at Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 11. This jump was particularly speci More

A CH-47 Chinook flies over Campbell Army Airfield to drop off two HMMWVs during an air assault event for the Super Saturday Air Show on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 11. The air show is one of the main attractions d More

U.S. Army Spc. William Rhodes of Shelbyville, Tenn., a CH-47F Chinook crew chief and mechanic, observes for enemy activity from the rear ramp of the massive bird. The fastest helicopter in the Army inventory, C More

Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation work to repair a OH-58 helicopter at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 18, 2012.

First Sgt. Tommy Daigle, B Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, cracks jokes in his office at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan)

Stetsons adorned with Christmas hats and unit badges hang neatly in a row alongside spurs and stockings as the Yuletide season approaches at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Dec. 12. (U.S. Army photo More

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Executive Officer Maj. Kenric Smith presents the colors during the brigade change of command ceremony on Pike Field, Dec. 13. Col. T.J. Jamison, 82nd CAB commander, relinquished com More

Sgt. Lydia Johnston, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment medic sends an email to coordinate a flight physical for one of the crew chiefs assigned to Task Force Saber at Forw More

U.S. Army Sgt. Lydia Johnston, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, poses for a photo at Forward Operating Base Fenty, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Dec. More

Two crews with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., fly the units last two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to Boo More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Seth Armstrong exits his OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2013. Armstrong was assigned as a pilot instructor with Charlie Tro More

Pictured is the sunrise on the flightline of South Carolina Army National Guard’s 59th Aviation Troop Command, Army Aviation Support Facility, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, S.C., Jan. 24, 2013. More

Brigade master gunner U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Les McNellie, native of Tampa, Fla. and experimental test pilot Maj. Joseph Minor, native of Grants Pass, Ore. of Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regi More

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters are covered in snow at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan/Released)

Pfc. Jordan McDaniel, an armament specialist with the 1-17 Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, prepares training rockets to be loaded on to the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter during an aerial g More

Mike Miller, the director of military business development for Bell Helicopter congratulates 1st Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, Commander Lt. Col. Richard Zampelli after presenting the squadron with his c More

The OH-58 Kiowa made its final flight as a part of the South Dakota Army National Guard on May 31, 2013, at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The aircraft was piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian Frank a More

An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter flies during a reconnaissance mission in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2013. This particular helicopter is part of Task Force Saber, whose mission is to conduct reconnaissanc More

Soldiers of the 690th Chemical Company, Alabama Nation Guard, Task Force 46, decontaminate and treat a role player during Vibrant Response 14, a training exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Cente More

Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., as seen from above during Vibrant Response 14, Aug. 3. Vibrant Response 14 is a major field training exercise conducted by US Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North More

Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., as seen from above during Vibrant Response 14, Aug. 3. Vibrant Response 14 is a major field training exercise conducted by US Northern Command and led by U.S. Army North More

A training site in Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., as seen from above, during a Vibrant Response 14 training exercise, Aug. 3. Vibrant Response 14 is a major field training exercise conduct More

Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Columbus, Ohio, provide medical treatment to a manikin simulating a survivor of a nuclear bomb Aug. 4, during Vibrant Response 14, Camp Atterbur More

Various U.S. military leaders and distinguished guests to the Camp Attterbury Joint Maneuver Training Facility, Ind., take a tour of the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Aug. 5, during Vibrant Response 14. Vi More

Pyrotechnics are utilized Aug. 7 on a simulated area of disaster for a training exercise during Vibrant Response 14, Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Facility, Ind. Vibrant Response is a U.S. Northern Com More

A combat engineer of 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, throws a grappling hook to ensure and area is free of booby traps before breaching a concertin More

Aerial view from a U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa of the Second Annual All American Marathon and Mike to Mike Half Marathon March 22, 2015. (Photo by U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Siech, 82nd Combat Aviation Br More

Brig. Gen. Frank Muth, director, Army quadrennial defense review office, gives his remarks about serving with Chief Warrant Officer 4 Matthew Lourey and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Scott, Fort Bragg, N.C., M More

Aerial Cavalrymen of 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), fly all 30 of the squadrons' Observational Helicopter-58D Kiowa Warriors in forma More

A Tennessee National Guard OH-58D Kiowa Warrior takes its last flight, en route to the "bone yard" in Arizona November 10. The last nine aircraft departed Tennessee November 30 from three locations across the s More

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, loads a flechette round into an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior prior to the Kiowa's departure en route to engage targets at the unit's aeri More

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, places felchette rockets in the "ready tube," a place where rockets are located once they are ready to be loaded into the unit's More

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, loads a flechette round into an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior prior to the Kiowa's departure en route to engage targets at the unit's aeri More

A rocket is loaded into an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior during the unit's aerial gunnery exercise, Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, N.C. Feb. 8. The unit's aerial gunnery allows the pilots to maintain their profici More

Members of 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade's forward arming point, work to load an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior as part of the unit's final stateside aerial gunnery exercise, Fort Bragg More

32 OH-58 Kiowa Warriors assigned to 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, take to the skies during their final formation flight, Simmons Army Airfield, N.C. More

The stetson of Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, reflects their time spent with the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior on the day of its last flight, Simmons Army Airfield More

A Soldier from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, finishes preparations of a OH-58D Kiowa Warrior to conduct a final flyover "salute" formation at Simmons More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Adam Epley of 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division gives a thumbs-up prior to conducting a final flyover "salute" formation at Simmon More

Soldiers assigned to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade stand in formation and salute during the Apache Welcome Ceremony June 9, 2016, at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. The Brigade received 24 AH-64 Apache helico More

Chris Jennings, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Security Assistance Management Directorate international program manager, supports non-standard aviation foreign military sales customers in Europe. (Photo More

Eight 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment, pilots fly the retiring OH-58 Kiowa helicopters over Fort Polk July 9. The pilots are flying in a "V" formation while conducting two figure eights in the Fort Polk a More

Lt. Col. Michael McCurry, commander, 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, addresses attendees during a deployment ceremony held in Hangar 6 on Fort Wainwright, Jan. 25. The unit, designated as Task Force Saber, More

Shrink-wrapped Kiowa Warrior helicopters await loading on a U.S. Navy ship en route to Iraq in 2003. The Army originally wanted to store the helicopters at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona—at a cost of rou More

Crew chiefs with the 1-150th Air Assault Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, load an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter on to a C-17 Globemaster III with the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, at Tr More

OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter Pilot Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise waits in the cockpit of his bird as Sgt. William Grigsby of Troop E, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., reloads the Kiowa More

Sgt. Joshua Sullivan a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crew chief of 1st Platoon, Troop H, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., performs a maintenance check on a Kiowa at Logistical Supply Area More