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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1D Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:65-10126 US
    Construction Number:5170
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1D sn 65-10126 US cn 5170
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    1966

    Constructed as an UH-1D.

    October 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 65-10126.

    November 1966

    Transferred to Company A of the 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam.

    From September 1967 to June 1968

    Transferred to Headquarters Company, 11th Aviation Battalion, Vietnam.

    From September 1967 to June 1968

    Markings Applied: Smokey III

    From July 1968 to April 1969

    Transferred to 128th Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam.

    From April 1969 to October 1969

    Returned to the United States for repair and overhaul.

    From October 1969 to April 1970

    Transferred to 118th Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam.

    From April 1970 to May 1971

    To Corpus Christi, Texas, for a total overhaul.

    Transferred to Kentucky Army National Guard.

    Transferred to North Carolina Army National Guard.

    April 1977

    Converted.
    Converted by Bell.

    February 1994

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army.

    From Unknown to 1995

    Assigned to U. S. Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL for storage.

    1995

    To Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

    Placed on display with Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    By 2011

    Markings Applied: Smokey III
    In scheme it wore when retired from Army National Guard.

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    17 October 2014


    Photographer: Mike Ward
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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