Wichita ( ) may refer to: People Wichita people, a Native American tribe Wichita language, the language of the tribe Places in the United States Wichita, Kansas, a city Wichita County, Kansas, a county in western Kansas (city of Wichita is located in Sedgwick County) Wichita Falls, Texas, a city Wichita County, Texas Wichita Mountains In the military , a heavy cruiser class of the US Navy , the only ship of the class; active in World War II , a class of US Navy oilers from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s , the lead ship of the class; in service from 1969 to 1993 Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita, a World War II trainer airplane for the United States Army Air Forces In entertainment Wichita (1955 film), a 1955 American Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur Wichita, early title of a proposed movie, eventually made as Knight and Day starring Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise Wichita Recordings, a London-based independent record label See also Ouachita (disambiguation) Washita (disambiguation)