Editing Bell OH-58 Kiowa (section)

===Operation Just Cause and action in the 1990s===
During [[United States invasion of Panama|Operation Just Cause]] in 1989, a team consisting of an OH-58 and an AH-1 were part of the Aviation Task Force during the securing of [[Fort Amador]] in [[Panama]]. The OH-58 was fired upon by [[Military of Panama|Panama Defense Force]] soldiers and crashed {{convert|100|yd|m|sigfig=1}} away, in the [[Bay of Panama]]. The pilot was rescued, but the co-pilot was killed in action.<ref>{{cite book |url= http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/Just%20Cause/JustCause.htm |title= Operation Just Cause: The Incursion into Panama |publisher= United States Army Center of Military History |access-date= 1 September 2006 |id= CMH Pub No. 70-85-1 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213124514/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/Just%20Cause/JustCause.htm |archive-date= 13 December 2007 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

On 17 December 1994, Army [[Warrant Officer (United States)#Army|Chief Warrant Officer]]s (CWO) David Hilemon and Bobby Hall left Camp Page, [[South Korea]] on a routine training mission along the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone|Demilitarized Zone]] (DMZ). Their flight was intended to be to a point known as Checkpoint 84, south of the DMZ "no-fly zone", but the OH-58C Kiowa strayed nearly {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in|sigfig=1}} into the Kangwon Province, inside [[North Korea]]n airspace, due to errors in navigating the snow-covered, rugged terrain. The helicopter was shot down by North Korean troops and CWO Hilemon was killed. CWO Hall was held captive and the North Korean government insisted that the crew had been spying. Five days of negotiations resulted in the North Koreans turning over Hilemon's body to U.S. authorities. The negotiations failed to secure Hall's immediate release. After 13 days in captivity, Hall was freed on 30 December, uninjured.<ref>{{cite web |author= Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). |url= http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=317 |title= OH-58C Helicopter Down in North Korea |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070515041754/http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=317 |archive-date= 15 May 2007 |publisher= United States Department of Defense |date= 19 December 1994 |access-date= 30 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Miles |first= Donna |url= http://www.army.mil/soldiers/feb95/p4.html |title= Drama Along the DMZ |publisher= Soldiers |date= 4–5 February 1995 |access-date= 3 November 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060207143301/http://www.army.mil/soldiers/feb95/p4.html |archive-date= 7 February 2006}}</ref>