Ahead of its time in performance and design, the Lockheed AH-56 seemed like a promising attack helicopter for the United ...

As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught ... a stream of Bell UH-1 ”Huey” helicopters had arrived and with no radio communications; the crews had to rely on hand signals to land them ...

Submitted Photo An MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter assigned to ... far surpassing the UH-1N Huey, which has been in service since the Vietnam era. As Twentieth Air Force transitions to the MH-139 ...

The US Army brought more than 12,000 helicopters to Vietnam, with 70% of them being Bell UH-1 "slicks," known informally as the "Huey." The Army helicopter attrition rate in Vietnam was 42%! This is ...

Korea, 1954, Japan, 1955, Thailand, 1956, France, 1964-1966, Republic of Vietnam ... famed UH-1D “Huey.” Kettles reported to Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1966 to join a new helicopter unit.