U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa (Rebroadcast)
Fighter Pilot Podcast
E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
June 14, 2025, marks the U.S. Army's 250th birthday
To celebrate, the entire month is dedicated to army aviation, continuing with this rebroadcast of episode 089 exploring the helicopter that is small in stature but huge in capability and adored by the ground forces it defends.
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| 0:00.0 | June 14th, 2025 marks the United States Army's 250th birthday, and to commemorate here on the |
| 0:07.4 | Fighter Pilot podcast, we are dedicating the entire month to Army Aviation. |
| 0:12.1 | You longtime listeners may recall we first celebrated Army Aviation Month way back in August |
| 0:17.6 | 2020. Well, for every Monday in June 2025, and there are five, |
| 0:24.1 | we will replay the four original Army Aviation Month episodes |
| 0:27.8 | plus the aptly numbered episode 160 |
| 0:30.7 | on the nightstockers of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. |
| 0:36.4 | Happy semi-quincentennial birthday, U.S. Army. This month is for you. |
| 0:41.4 | Hey, everyone. Two quick announcements before today's Army Aviation Month episode. First, we checked |
| 0:47.6 | and double-checked the microphones, but unfortunately mine sounds like it did not record. So we have |
| 0:52.6 | some slight audio challenges on this one, but you've always |
| 0:55.2 | been very forgiving in the past, and I know you'll do it here too. So, you know, you build a thousand |
| 1:00.4 | bridges. Anyway, second thing is we have some very cool special Army Aviation Month t-shirts |
| 1:05.8 | available on our website, fighter pilotpodcast.com. Head on over there, go to the shop page, |
| 1:11.6 | click on merchandise, |
| 1:12.8 | and check out cool shirts |
| 1:14.2 | with the designs |
| 1:15.0 | from your favorite |
| 1:15.9 | Army helicopter, |
| 1:17.1 | including today's, |
| 1:18.1 | the OH-58 Kiowa. |
| 1:20.0 | All right, well, |
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