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US Air Force / Army helicopters.

Discussion in 'Everything Else Heritage' started by 50044 Exeter, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. 50044 Exeter

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    Do the Americans still use any Vietnam era Huey helicopters in there armed services or have they been long retired? How many are preserved in America or the world in general?
     
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    Don't know about the Americans but I do know the British military use a modified version of the Huey under the name Griffin for pilot training.
     
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    Also a little know fact was that the SAS used Hueys during their deployment in Oman in the 1970's and their famous battle of Mirbat
     
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    There's a bloke in the UK that has a preserved UH-1 Huey and a preserved OH-6 Cayuse that do the airshow circuit.

    The Griffins that the RAF have are somewhat different to the Vietnam era UH-1. The AAC still use Bell 212 (developed from the UH-1/Bell 204) in Belize and Borneo and for training purposes at Middle Wallop.
     
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