2024年10月20日 · Honoring the men and women who have served in the U.S. Military and Army Aviation, our "Sky Soldiers," along with dedicated volunteers, conduct patriotic flying presentations, public helicopter...

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed " Huey ") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the United States military.

This video explains the control and cockpit of the Bell UH-1 Huey. Crew Chief John explains the controls, flight dynamics, and cockpit of the Huey.

2015年1月19日 · This Huey served in the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, performing troop insertions and extractions, medical evacuations, helicopter crew recoveries, smoke, sniffer psyops, and firefly missions.

The UH-1N is a light-lift utility helicopter used to support various missions. The primary missions include: airlift of emergency security forces, security and surveillance of off-base nuclear weapons convoys, and distinguished visitor airlift.

The helicopters were universally more commonly known as the “Huey” rather than the official name of Iroquois. In February 1955, Bell Aircraft Corporation won a competition to develop and build a turbine-powered utility helicopter for the U.S. Army.

2014年3月5日 · The inside of the avionics access hatch on the nose bears signatures of surviving Seawolves, and a plaque on the aft-cabin bulkhead lists and honors the 44 Seawolves who died in combat while flying Huey gunships in Vietnam. As a gunship, the Huey normally had a crew of four, two pilots and two gunners.

Today the Huey remains the most identifiable symbol of the Vietnam War—in everything from movies, where the noise of its rotors instantly sets the scene, to Broadway, where its silhouette...

2023年8月21日 · Bell’s “Huey” Helicopter, officially known as the Model 204, formed the basis for one of the most successful series of helicopters ever built. Flown for the first time in October 1956, it was designated the XH-40, then HU-1 by the US Army (who called it the Huey), before a designation change to the HU-1A Iroquois.

* The US Army's first operational turboshaft-powered helicopter, the Bell UH-1 "Huey", would prove one of the most successful rotorcraft in history, with over 16,000 built. The Huey was and remains a common sight in many of the world's military forces, and still is …