Editing Bell OH-58 Kiowa (section)

===Gulf War===
During [[Operation Desert Shield]] (the build-up to [[Operation Desert Storm]]) U.S. Army OH-58Ds would exercise alongside USMC AH-1Ws and assist with targeting and laser spotting. However while this tactic worked and was effective, there is little evidence that this tactic was used, likely to a lack of OD-58Ds.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gulf War - Air Power Survey, Volume IV - Weapons, Tactics, and Training |url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/27/2001329817/-1/-1/0/AFD-100927-066.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820100750/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/27/2001329817/-1/-1/0/AFD-100927-066.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2019 |access-date=9 August 2024 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |pages=232–233}}</ref>
[[File:AH-64A Apache advanced attack and OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters of the 101st Airborne Division stand ready at a forward operating base during Operation Desert Storm. - DPLA - a2c75825eac68d1eac450c8079f64ed0.jpg|thumb|right|AH-64A Apache attack and OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters of the 101st Airborne Division at a forward operating base during Operation Desert Storm]]

During Operation Desert Storm, 130 deployed OH-58D helicopters worked alongside the other Army attack helicopters, 145 [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1 Cobras]] and 277 [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apaches]],<ref name=":1" /> and participated in a wide variety of critical combat ground forces mission. During [[Operation Desert Shield]] and [[Operation Desert Storm]], the Kiowas collectively flew nearly 9,000 hours with a 92 percent fully mission capable rate. The Kiowa Warrior had the lowest ratio of maintenance hours to flight hours of any combat helicopter in the war.<ref>{{cite web |title= The End of an Era: OH-58 Kiowa |url= https://www.dvidshub.net/news/204642/end-era-oh-58-kiowa |website= dvidshub.net}}</ref>

Army attack helicopters also worked [[Combined arms|jointly with]] close air support and support aircraft such as the USAF [[A-10A]]s, [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16A/Cs]], [[General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven|EF-111As]], [[Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call|EC-130H Compass Call]], [[F-4G Phantom II]] "[[Wild Weasel]]", and [[Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS|E-8 Joint STARS]].<ref name=":1" />