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    Airframe Family: Hughes 369 / H-6 / 500 / 600
    Latest Model:OH-6A Cayuse
    Last Military Serial:68-17340 US
    Construction Number:1300
    Compressed ID:Hughes OH-6A sn 68-17340 US cn 1300...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-6A.

    March 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-17340.

    From March 1968 to June 1968

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

    April 1968

    Bailment to Bell Helicopter, FT. Worth, TX.

    July 1968

    Transferred to OPM Southeast Asia Night Operations (NITEOPS), 1st Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.

    From August 1968 to January 1969

    Transferred to 2nd Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 101st Air Cavalry Division, South Vietnam.

    From February 1969 to April 1969

    Transferred to D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam.

    From May 1969 to November 1969

    Transferred to D Troop, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Divsion, South Vietnam.

    From December 1969 to January 1970

    Transferred to 142nd Transportation Company (Direct Support), South Vietnam.

    Circa February 1970

    Transferred to C Troop, 16th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: Miss Clawd IV

    1972

    Transferred to US Army Aviation Precision Demonstration Team (Silver Eagles), Fort Rucker, AL.

    By December 1982

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    Markings Applied: 16, Miss Clawd IV

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     D-Troop 1st Squadron / 1st Cavalry Regiment by Mike Gustin
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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