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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:72-21619 USAF
    Construction Number:13318
    Last Civil Registration:N481DF {2}
    Compressed ID:Aerospace Industrial Development Co...
    Latest Owner or Location:USDA Forest Service Fepp, McCellan, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1H by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp..

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-21619.

    5 June 1995

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McCellan, CA with new c/r N481DF {2}.

    Operated as fire service #104.

    15 June 1999

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, Mather, CA keeping c/r N481DF {2}.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    18 April 2012


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Seen at Hemet-Ryan, CA is this CAL Fire UH-1H from Boggs Mountain, N481DF/ 104 is ex USAF as 72-21619

    15 June 2020

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McCellan, CA keeping c/r N481DF {2}.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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