▼ SeaRangers In training
All TH-57AS have been replaced by newer Ш-57В: and TH-57Cs equipped as instrument trainers.
▲ First blood
The Kiowa was deployed to Vietnam from late summer 1969 and was used throughout the war. Though intended as an observation platform, it was in demand as a transport due to its size and agility.
FACTS AND FIGURES
► According to Boll, tho OH-58 surpasses all others, ovon the UH-1 •Huey,1 as tho Army’s safest helicopter.
► Canadian Armed Forces Kiowas aro designated CH-136; trainers are CH-139s.
► The Royal Australian Navy nicknamed its Kiowas ‘Battlo Budgies.’
This helieoptor traces its origins to a military prototype, the OH-4A. which first flew In December 1962.
Boll claims that military Model 206s havo flown over 17 million night hours.
Army OH-58AS, Cs and Ds were widely usod during tho 1991 Gulf War.
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Bell OH-58 Kiowa/TH-57 SeaRanger
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TH-57C SeaRanger
Type: Dual-control advanced ігаїгипд and transport helicopter
Powerplant: On* 3t3kW (420-hp) A’..son 250- C20J turbosfuft engine fat-rated to 236-kW (316 hp.)
Cntlsiog speed: 2i4 km/h <133 m pjij
Rate Ol climb: 467 m/mm p.538 t. p.m.) at sea level
Range: 845 km at 3048 m (525 m a? 10.000 ft.) Service ceiling: Over 6096 m (20.000 tt)
Weights: Empty 838 kg (1.348 lb.) max takeoff 1518 kg (3.348 lb)
Dimensions:
Rotor (fcameter 10.16 m (33 ft 4 In.)
Fuselage length 9.5 m (31 ft. 2 in,)
Height 2S m (9 ft 6 In.)
Rotor *sc area 61.9 m'(882 sq ft.)
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Below: Sweden’s navy operates seven Italian-built Agu$ta-Bcll AB 206A JetRangers as Hkp 6As. These can carry e torpedo or depth charges-
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Above: The U. S. Army has adopted the JetRanger as its Now Training Helicopter (NTH) or TH-67 Creek.
machines Training anil liaison ate common unarmed roles, though Sweden and (Tide use armed Mrxlel 2(l6s for anti – submarine work.
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Klim as built were sent immediately to the Vietnam War. where they distmguishcxl
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Between 75 and 84 OH-58AS have been uegradea with forward toowng Mftred (FLR) and cornmuncabcns Inks tor crw’ian tow enforcement agcnocs nnd am asioned to Army National Guard urtfs m 27 states.
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A total Kt 4» OH 58As ha-л been convened to OH-58C «■ndard with a tat glass cenocvior«jjce girt, an upgrades T63 onpne. nfrarea flR) suppressed exhacct" and tn:omai Improieiv. irtii IViro cutler*
«often fltled «com and below the Torward tusetoou
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VVtwe the ОМ-58Л used a 238-kW (316-bp | Alison 163-A-700 turboehatt (a miliary domains» ol the 260-C found in the JetRangod. the OH-58C nt/oduced tho improved 313 kW (420-bp) T63-A 700 varum. A common feature ol fho Kiowa is an exposed tat rotor drive shaft on ttw tat boom, covwud on ifun uxnnele
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Ulcd vain Sing» .v-ioax irtsstes on mouoengs cn each – srte of ifte fuselage beTund the main cabn door these provtdo prolecton horn other ‘-«icoplors but are seldom fitted
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Army observation helicopters
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■ BELi. OH-13 SIOUX: Famous for Ля expkxt: w.-ig ti,„ Kcrean War, Bell’s Model 47 entered
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■ HUGHES OH-6 CAYUSE: Later to become a big se4er as the civ* Mod* 500. the OH-6 Loach" was awarded the first LOH contract-
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■ HILLER OH-23 RAVEN: The first Ravens were ав ambulances delivered to the Army in 1950, the last OH-23s arrived in 1967,
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■ HILLER YOH-5: The tutt#»Mf prototype was not put into production, but served as tho basis for tho сіїл» FH-1100
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