![]() ![]() That’s a US Air Force aircraft and maintenance facility in Tucson, AZ.Īfter that, it passed into civilian ownership at Northwest Helicopters in Olympia, WA. At some point, it was transferred to AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, often called The Boneyard). Given the production year of our Huey, we think it’s unlikely it ever saw duty during the Vietnam war.įrom the records we’ve found, it looks like our Huey did a cold winter exercise in Norway, and had an assignment at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in Ridgecrest, CA. Some were used to transport cargo and personnel. HH-1K was sometimes known as a “slick,” meaning it didn’t have guns. The US Navy ordered a limited number of them in 1970, fitted with special avionics and equipment. This model was a purpose built SAR (search and rescue) variant of the Model 204. Our research has led us to discover that our helicopter is a Bell Huey HH-1K Iroquois.
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