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Bell UH-1H Iroquois "Huey"
Photographer: Snowshoe Thompson Chapter No. 1827 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
Caption: Bell UH-1H Iroquois "Huey"
Additional Description: Built July 1967; Operational September 1967, Decommissioned July 1969.  This Huey logged 2025 hours of operation in Unit 335th AHC Mustangs Platoon.  The combat helicopter units serving in South Vietnam known as the Cowboys were U.S. Army aviators of A Company, 82d Aviation Battalion, 173d Aviation Platoon (Casper), and the 335th Assault Helicopter Company. The three Cowboy UH-1"Huey" flight platoons; Ramrods, Mustangs, and Falcons were based in several locations throughout South Vietnam from 1965 until the end of the war and was officially disbanded in 1976. The UH-1H featured an improved 1,411 hp engine and was manufactured by Bell Helicopter (Texas). More than 5,500 were produced between 1967 and 1982.
Submitted: April 10, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p469643
File Size: 0.057 Megabytes

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