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Constructed as an AH-1G-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. |
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April 1970 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-16434. |
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By July 1970 |
To A Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam. |
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10 September 1970 |
Damaged. |
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October 1971 |
To Bell Helicopter Company, Fort Worth, TX. |
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December 1971 |
To Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
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February 1972 |
To U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM) Flight Detachment, Saint Louis, MO. |
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March 1972 |
To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
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May 1972 |
Transferred to AVSCOM Flight Detachment, Saint Louis, MO. |
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August 1972 |
Transferred to 7th Squadron, 1st CAV., 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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December 1972 |
Transferred to C Troop, 7-1 CAV., 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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May 1973 |
Transferred to Supply Division, 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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July 1973 |
Transferred to 7th Squadron, 1st CAV., 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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December 1973 |
Transferred to B Troop, 7-1 CAV., 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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March 1974 |
To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
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September 1974 |
Transferred to B Troop, 7-1 CAV., 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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December 1975 |
Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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By 1985 |
Converted to an AH-1F. |
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By 1985 |
Transferred to A Co., 503rd Attack Battalion, Fliegerhorst, Erlensee-Langendiebach, West Germany. |
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Converted to a GAH-1F. |
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By October 1996 |
Assigned to Silver Bell Army Heliport, Marana, AZ for storage. |
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June 2006 |
Placed on display with Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR. |
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23 June 2012 |
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23 June 2012 |
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4 October 2019 |
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