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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H-BF Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:70-16203 USAF
    Construction Number:12508
    Last Civil Registration:N451GC
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H-BF sn 70-16203 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lebanese Armed Forces

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1H-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 70-16203.

    By October 1994

    Transferred to 149th Aviation Regiment (ARNG), Martindale AAF, San Antonio, TX.

    8 September 2000

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number XA0668.

    By October 2009

    To Overseas Aircraft Support, Phoenix Regional Airport, Maricopa, AZ.
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    Assigned civil registration: N451GC (UH-1H, 70-16203)

    23 November 2011

    To Bell Helicopter Textron Inc, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N451GC.

    17 August 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX451GC (UH-1H, 70-16203) issued.

    19 December 2012

    Civil registration, N451GC, cancelled.
    Exported to Lebanon.

    19 December 2012

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Peter Nicholson
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