Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
Description
Fort Indiantown Gap is a staging area for the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 28th Infantry Division, the only National Guard Stryker brigade in the U.S. Army. Since the September 11th attacks, the Gap has served as a mobilization center for troops supporting operations in Bosnia and Kosovo, as well as operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The Hughes Helicopter OH-6 Cayuse (nicknamed "Loach") is a single-engine light helicopter with a four-bladed main rotor used for personnel transport, escort and attack missions, and observation. In 1960, the United States Army issued Technical Specification 153 for a Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) capable of fulfilling various roles: personnel transport, escort and attack missions, casualty evacuation and observation. The aircraft entered service in 1966, arriving in the Vietnam War thereafter. The pilots dubbed the new helicopter Loach, a word created by pronunciation of the acronym of the program that spawned the aircraft, LOH (light observation helicopter).
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