 Aircraft that appeared during the late 1980s and early 1990s included the armed Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior and the new TH-67 Creek training helicopter, along with the Cessna Citation V and Beechcraft C-12 Huron fixed-wing aircraft.Army Aviation's role of providing the indispensable vertical dimension to the modern battlefield has become universally recognized.For example, during operations in Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf region, Army Aviation played major and decisive roles.