Company C 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Tupelo, MS 15 FEB 93 to 30 SEP 96

Company C, 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation
was redesignated on 1 Sep 96 to "Company H, 185th Avn Group".
This page is being left up as a historical site. A Company H page is in the future plans.

C/1-185th Aviation pocket patch

(Available for $4.00)

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Company C, 1-185th Aviation is a unit of the Mississippi Army National Guard. The unit is located in Tupelo, Ms. The parent unit is the 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation, also located in Tupelo.

Company C, 1-185th Avn (C/1-185th Avn) is the only reserve component unit flying the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter.

OH-58D HellFire Missile Launch

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OH-58D with 7 shot, 2.75 inch rocket pod and .50cal gun

This is the U.S. Army's newest and most advanced helicopter. It's mission is armed reconnaissance. The aircraft is a product of Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. The U.S. Army currently has bought 380 of these helicopters. The OH-58D has the ability to fire Hellfire missiles, air-to-air Stinger missiles, Hydra 70 rockets, and a .50-cal machine gun. Equipped with infrared sensors, TV, a laser designator, and various automatic targeting systems, the OH-58D is the U.S. Army's most sophisticated scout/attack aircraft. Company C is authorized 15 OH-58D(I) Kiowa Warrior aircraft. Go here for additional aircraft specifications. For additional information on the KW fielding and history, read this Bell Helicopter Press Release

For More Information about the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior the following links are provided:

• Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58D Page
• Brief aircraft specifications
• Current Fielding Status
• Kiowa Warrior Employment Doctrine (FM 1-114)

Chain of Command within the company

• Commander: CPT John B. Creech
  
  • Commander: 15 Febuary 1993 - 1 October 1996
• First Sgt: 1SG James Knight

OH-58D with 4 Hellfire Missiles

Other places to go

• Military and Aviation Links

Page History

• This page has been accessed 81989 times since May 1995.

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• This page was added to the U.S. Army Homepage on 1 March 1995. In doing so it became:

  • The 1st MTOE unit page to be linked!
  • The 1st Aviation page to be linked!
  • The 1st Army National Guard page to be linked!

  Company C, 1-185th Aviation.....Always Out Front!!!

  SCOUTS OUT!

• This page was featured on " What's New with NCSA Mosaic" on Sep. 27, 1995
• Site featured on "What's New on Yahoo!" on April 20, 1996.