Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1B-BF Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:61-0686 USAF
    Construction Number:0266
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1B-BF sn 61-0686 USAF cn 02...
    Latest Owner or Location:Discovery Park of America, Union City, Tennessee

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-1B-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    December 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 61-0686.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as UH-1B-BF.

    December 1965

    Damaged.
    Damaged by ground fire in Vietnam.

    October 1966

    Transferred to 937th Engineer Group, South Vietnam.

    May 1967

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, Corpus Christi, TX.

    December 1967

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    April 1968

    Loaned to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.

    May 1968

    Returned from loan to 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    July 1968

    Transferred to OPM SEA NITEOPS, 1st Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.

    August 1968

    Transferred to U. S. Army Flight Training Center, Fort Stewart, GA.

    November 1968

    Transferred to U. S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, AL.

    February 1970

    Transferred to Consol PROP OFC, 3rd Army, Fort Rucker, AL.

    April 1970

    Transferred to U. S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, AL.

    January 1972

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, Corpus Christi, TX.

    February 1972

    Transferred to 12th Special Forces, Illinois Army Reserve, 5th Army.

    August 1972

    Transferred to Illinois Army National Guard.

    By 1974

    Transferred to Mississippi Army National Guard.

    Circa 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0686.

    Circa 1976

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, IL.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Painted and marked to represent a generic USAF Special Operations gunship similar to UH-1F and UH-1P helicopters flown by the 20th Special Operations Squadron Green Hornets in Vietnam beginning in 1967.

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Circa October 2015

    Loaned to Discovery Park of America, Union City, TN.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Military Aviation Review
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=29098][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1B-BF Iroquois, s/n 61-0686 USAF, c/n 0266[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=29098
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.