On September 27, 2018, Kings Island announced that Firehawk would close permanently on October 28, 2018. The ride was demolished prior to the 2019 season. Firehawk's trains were shipped to Carowinds to be used as spare parts for Nighthawk. In 2020, Firehawk was replaced with a giga coaster named Orion.
Firehawk was a flying coaster located in the Coney Mall-X-Base (now known as Area 72) section at Kings Island. It was the first coaster to be constructed in the park since Cedar Fair took over operations in 2006. Firehawk originally operated under the name of X-Flight at Geauga Lake from 2001 to 2006.
Following the 2001 season, Paramount Parks began to dismantle King Cobra and put it up for sale. The trains were stored inside the Flight of Fear building and the track in one of Kings Island's graveyards located on old Wild Animal Habitat land.
Closure and demolitionFollowing months of review, Kings Island concluded that further modifications to The Bat would be too expensive and announced on November 6, 1984, that the ride would be removed. Demolition cost the park $70,000, and over 500 tons of steel were scrapped.