Widespread use made the UH-1 Iroquois an icon of the Vietnam War and it remains one of the most widely used helicopters in the world. This combat flight time does not count non-Army use. It is my opinion that the Huey including the Huey Cobra (AH-1G) which had 1,166,344 flight hours in Vietnam, have more combat flight time than any other aircraft in the history of warfare. Commanders used the machine's multiple variations to both engage the enemy directly as gunships and to transport Soldiers, ammunition, and medical attention rapidly and efficiently almost anywhere in the hilly, jungle-covered landscape of the Vietnam War. Army UH-1s totaled 10,693,902 flight hours in the Vietnam War between October 1966 and the end of 1975. Patterson served two tours of duty in Vietnam for a total of 19 months. Specifically, the Army's use of the Huey in combat led to its integration into the new "airmobility" strategy and tactics. Patterson recognized the Huey’s tail number as the one he flew in Vietnam. The Huey was relied upon to "do anything a horse could do" and subsequently evolved from a tool for troop and supply transport to include direct combat gun support. As the Vietnam War raged, the Army integrated the helicopter into its wider operations and expanded the platform's role far beyond medevac. The H-1 family of helicopters, popularly known as the Huey, is the most successful military helicopter ever produced more than 16,000 have been produced since 1956. In Vietnam, the military helicopter graduated from an underdeveloped promise to a formidable weapon. 8 hours ago The Huey is being offered for 62,000 but the seller will consider other aircraft and cash. Today the Huey remains the most identifiable symbol of the Vietnam Warin everything from movies, where the noise of its rotors instantly sets the scene, to Broadway, where its silhouette represents the war on a Miss Saigon marquee. The battle experience of these early craft provided lessons learned which aided the development of the UH-1.īy 1958, the first Hueys were shipped to Vietnam and used by American advisors in "dustoff" medical evacuation (medevac) missions. This Vietnam Era UH1 Huey Helicopter is offered for sale. BELL HELICOPTER vietnam huey tail rotor chain 39 complete. By the Korean War, early helicopter models such as the ubiquitous OH-13 "Sioux" and the USAF H-19 served as resupply and medical evacuation transports. The helicopter as a military technology evolved during World War II, but took time to develop to meet the Army's high hopes for its effectiveness in battle. The Huey type also served the Grand Forks missile field in two variants, the smaller Bell UH-1F Iroquois from the 1960s and the bigger Bell HH-1H Iroquois that arrived in the early 1980s. Nicknamed the "Huey" after the phonetic sound of its original designation, HU-1, the UH-1 "Iroquois" helicopter was the work horse of the Army during the Vietnam War. During my search for a chopper, I quickly narrowed it down to the Huey helicopter type made famous during the Vietnam War.
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