Happy 60th Birthday to the Huey
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Happy 60th Birthday to the Huey
On this day 60 years ago, the Bell XH-40 flew for the first time, and the rest is history.....from the jungles of Vietnam to deserts of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc and to Afghanistan....
cheers
(Photo courtesy of Bell)
cheers
(Photo courtesy of Bell)
It's much enhanced descendant - the UH-1Y - will probably still be in service somewhere on the 100th Birthday - an excellent machine still today.
UH-1Y | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation
Bell UH-1Y - Bell Helicopter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXDQV-5ndA
UH-1Y | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation
Bell UH-1Y - Bell Helicopter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXDQV-5ndA
The USAF still operates 63 x UH-1N in the ICBM site security and VIP transport roles.
U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88
U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88
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The USAF still operates 63 x UH-1N in the ICBM site security and VIP transport roles.
U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88
U.S. Air Force Not Releasing UH-1N Replacement Performance Specs | Defense content from Aviation Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOT_VXh_pDo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnJXTVCDvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblQl_j8B0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRPOUtvO88
https://www.airforcetimes.com/articl...ey-replacement
Cheers