Apaches from 12th CAB had combined gunnery exercise with German Tigers

The 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery exercise with two German Tiger Attack helicopters from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36.

Two AH-64 Apache helicopters (left and middle) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and one German Tiger Attack helicopter (right) from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36, Fritzlar, Germany, take off from the forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The 1st Bn., 3rd Avn. Regt., recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery from March 16-April 05, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort, 12th CAB)
Two AH-64 Apache helicopters (left and middle) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and one German Tiger Attack helicopter (right) from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36, Fritzlar, Germany, take off from the forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The 1st Bn., 3rd Avn. Regt., recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery from March 16-April 05, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Mort, 12th CAB)

That was the last time the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior fired its weapons in the United States

The OH-58D carried out its final gunnery practice in the United States on Mar. 29. Members from the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment conducted their last official gunnery at Fort Bragg as they prepare to depart for South Korea.

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