JimEli a further comment re that tab mentioned in Post #15. After being bothered about a dim memory, I sent a note to a very good friend with what seems like a photographic memory, and this is his reply to my query:
” You jumped in an SH-60B with me one day and said "what it that bracket doing here; it was only for flight test instrumentation!"
We told Alan Walding, who decided it would cost more to take it out than leave it in. But it had been removed from UH-60! “
So, Jim, your recollection is confirmed.
Best,
John