Helicopters of the Vietnam War

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Helicopters of the Vietnam War

Pepper · Veteran Member - Level 3

Thanks for sharing!

Speaking of Vietnam-era helicopters...
http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/t40547806/research-for-book-on-the-h-6model-500-series-of-helicopters/

hannetonIII · Veteran Member - Level 2

Pepper wrote:
Speaking of Vietnam-era helicopters...
http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/t40547806/research-for-book-on-the-h-6model-500-series-of-helicopters/

But of course! You can't cover Vietnam choppers without the Quiet One! smile

Gunship · Veteran Member - Level 3

hannetonIII wrote:
Pepper wrote:
Speaking of Vietnam-era helicopters...
http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/t40547806/research-for-book-on-the-h-6model-500-series-of-helicopters/

But of course! You can't cover Vietnam choppers without the Quiet One!

Damn straight. Why does the Huey get all the attention? Stupid no good attention-whore. wink

Pepper · Veteran Member - Level 3

Great, the Huey-haters are coming to order.

Gunship · Veteran Member - Level 3

I'm only kidding, I love the Huey. It deserves all the attention it can get being a revolutionary workhorse.

Gunship · Veteran Member - Level 3

Helicopter landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam.

-- Edited by Gunship on Thursday 30th of June 2011 02:54:05 AM

Gunship · Veteran Member - Level 3

For Vietnam-era UH-1 modifications, click here. For the CH-54 Skycrane, click here. For the CH-47 Chinook mods, click here (mostly page 2, and up if it continues). For the AH-1 Cobra, click here. For the HH-3 Jolly Green Giant, click here. For the Kaman Seasprite, click here. For the OH-58A, click here. And finally, for the OH-6 series, click here.

SuperStallion · Veteran Member - Level 2

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SuperStallion · Veteran Member - Level 2

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SuperStallion · Veteran Member - Level 2

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SuperStallion · Veteran Member - Level 2

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rotorwash · Veteran Member - Level 2

Wow, lots of pics there. However, Bearcat 15, the AH-1G with 15 on her side is a US Army Aviation Test Board bird and never flew in Vietnam.

Here's a few from the US Army Aviation Museum archives.

2/20th ARA (Arial rocket Artillary). At least one of these birds flew at Ia Drang in November of 65. These are all UH-1B's as you can tell by the nose mounted pitot tube.

XM-3 armed Hog ship

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This bird carries the Maxwell system which consisted of 12 2.75 inch rockets and an in country mod to carry 1 ss-11 french anti-armor/bunker buster missile outboard.

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Not a great pic, but here's the system with a SS-11 in place.

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This is a lightening bug ship used for perimeter night security. The light is from a tank. I can't remember the model.

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Finally, one that's a little more personal. Here's my dad on a gun run in 69.

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Stingray · Administrator

Since this topic is such a big hit in Google results I cleaned it up a lot, deleting posts with broken images and attaching images that were still intact to their respective posts. This is all some valuable history that should be preserved.