Vietnam War Attack Helicopters. The bell uh 1 iroquois nicknamed huey was used extensively in counter guerilla operations both as a troop carrier and a gunship. After several mock ups were produced a directive was issued on 6 may 1968 to.
In 1967 first of them arrive to vietnam under the name ah 1g hueycobra. Like the ah 1 cobra the uh 1 is built around a lycoming t53 l 11 turboshaft engine. 877 republic of vietnam aircraft were captured at war s end 1975 of the 2750 aircraft and helicopters received by south vietnam only about 308 survived 240 flew to thailand or us warships and 68 returned to the united states.
And perhaps no helicopter is more strongly associated with that era than the bell uh 1 iroquois.
Like the ah 1 cobra the uh 1 is built around a lycoming t53 l 11 turboshaft engine. After several mock ups were produced a directive was issued on 6 may 1968 to. Bell helicopter built 10 005 hueys from 1957 to 1975. According to research by the vietnam helicopter pilots association there were about 12 000 helicopters that served in the vietnam war specific tail numbers for 11 827 from all services out of which 5 086 were destroyed.
