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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:533
    Last Military Serial:56-6723 USAF
    Construction Number:0004
    Compressed ID:Bell 533 sn 56-6723 USAF cn 0004
    Latest Owner or Location:Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Newport News, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as a YH-40-BF.

    August 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-6723.

    1960

    Redesignated as YUH-1B.

    Converted to a 533.
    Converted by Bell with modified rotor mast inside a redesigned fairing, a modified vertical tail unit, and extensive streamiling, resulting in level flight speeds of over 170 mph and 180 mph in shallow dives. Later equipped with two 920-lbst turbo-jet engines (one on either side of the fuselage) and two stub wings. Other engines later fitted to achieve over 300 mph. Aircraft tested by both Air Force and Army.

    By October 1986

    To Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Newport News, VA.
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    17 September 2022


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