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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H-BF Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:67-17406 US
    Construction Number:9604
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H-BF sn 67-17406 US cn 960...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fargo Air Museum, Hector International Airport, Fargo, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

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

    April 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-17406.

    April 1968

    To Bell Helicopter Company, Fort Worth, TX.

    May 1968

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

    July 1968

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

    By August 1968

    Transferred to Battery E (Aviation), 82D Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, RVN.

    1968


    Photographer: Michael Humphreys
    Notes: 406 prepping for a mission from Camp Grovad, Phouc Vinh, Vietnam. The pilot in the left seat is WO Clint Stanley. The pilot in the right seat is WO Gary Melton. WO Stanley was awarded the Silver Star while serving in RVN. Note the Woodpecker noseart is still incomplete in this photo.

    1968


    Photographer: Patrick McIntryre
    Notes: Shown with completed nose art.

    April 1969

    Transferred to 605th Transportation Company, RVN.

    June 1969

    Transferred to 187th Assault Helicopter Company, 25th Infantry Division, RVN.

    October 1969

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    November 1969

    Transferred to 44th Engineer Group, Camp Ruam Chit Chai, Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand.

    January 1970

    Transferred to VII Corps, US Army Europe, Kelly Barracks, Stuggart, West Germany.

    May 1970

    Transferred to Red River Army Depot (RRAD), 4th Army, Texarkana, TX.

    June 1970

    Transferred to 8th Squadron, 1st Air Cav. 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    October 1970

    Transferred to Headquarters, 82nd ABN, 3rd Army, Fort Bragg, GA.

    November 1970

    Transferred to 8th Squadron, 1st Air Cav., 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    October 1971

    Transferred to 155th Aviation Company, 6th Army Fort Ord, CA.

    January 1972

    Transferred to 8th Squadron, Air Cav., 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    July 1972

    Transferred to 7th Squadron, 1st Cav., 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    December 1972

    Transferred to C Troop, 7-1 CAV, 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    May 1973

    Transferred to Supply Division, 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    July 1973

    Transferred to 7th Squadron, 1st Cav., 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    December 1973

    Transferred to A Troop, 7-1 CAV, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    March 1974

    Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    April 1974

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    May 1974

    Transferred to Installation Maintenance Flight (INST MAINT FLT), 1st Army, Fort Campbell, KY.

    September 1974

    Transferred to DIO MAINT DIV, 5th Army, Fort Bliss, TX.

    October 1974

    Transferred to 283rd Medical Det., 5th Army, Fort Bliss, TX.

    By 1990

    Transferred to 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard.

    To Fargo Air Museum, Hector International Airport, Fargo, ND.
    Only the cockpit section survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    8 February 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    8 February 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association

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