Three of the remaining Florida National Guard Kiowas based in Jacksonville will be transferred to different Florida sheriffs’ offices as civilian law-enforcement aircraft.
Initially, the Kiowas were scheduled to be either destroyed or possibly sent to a gunnery range for target practice.
B Company, 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion campaigned to have three of their Kiowas transferred to the law enforcement agencies in Alachua, Martin and St. Johns Counties.