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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:QUH-1M Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:66-15050 US
    Construction Number:1778
    Compressed ID:Bell QUH-1M sn 66-15050 US cn 1778
    Latest Owner or Location:Arkansas Air and Military Museum, Drake Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1966

    Constructed as an UH-1C-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    March 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 66-15050.

    April 1967

    Transferred to Army Avn Div, Dugway PG.

    June 1967

    Transferred to USARV FLT DET, Vietnam.

    August 1967

    Transferred to Bell Helicopters, Fort Worth.

    November 1967

    Transferred to 355 AVN CO, Fort Sill.

    April 1968

    Transferred to Bell Helicopters, Fort Worth.

    May 1968

    Transferred to 355 AVN CO, Fort Sill.

    July 1968

    Transferred to 79 TRANS CO, Vietnam.

    August 1968

    Transferred to Returned to US.

    September 1968

    Transferred to Aradmac, Corpus Christi.

    October 1968

    Transferred to Bell Helicopters, Fort Worth.

    Converted.

    August 1969

    Transferred to OPM SEA NITEOPS, Fort Belvoir.

    October 1969

    Transferred to Army Avn Det,.

    January 1971

    Transferred to Overhaul, Sharpe GD.

    July 1971

    Transferred to Lexington Depot.

    January 1972

    Transferred to Storage, Sharpe AD.

    February 1972

    Transferred to Fort Sill Flying Club.

    October 1972

    Transferred to West Point Flying Club.

    December 1972

    Transferred to Sharpe AD.
    Sent to Sharpe for overhaul.

    March 1973

    Transferred to Aradmac, Corpus Christi.

    May 1974

    Transferred to INST MAINT FLT, Fort Campbell.

    Redesignated as QUH-1M.

    September 1974

    Transferred to ANG.

    To Ozark Military Museum, Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR.
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    9 April 2008


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    To Arkansas Air and Military Museum, Drake Field, Fayetteville, AR.
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