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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:66-16456 USAF
    Construction Number:8650
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H-BF sn 66-16456 USAF cn 8...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Wings Air Museum, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis - Saint Paul, Minnesota

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    Dates

    Event

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

    May 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-16456.

    1 May 1967

    To Director of Supply and Transportation, 6th Army, Sharpe AD, CA.

    July 1967

    Transferred to Headquarters Support Company, 15th Medical Battalion, South Vietnam.

    March 1968

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    April 1968

    To Bell Helicopter Company, Fort Worth, TX.

    May 1968

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    July 1968

    Transferred to OPM SEA NITEOPS, 1st Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.
    For movement overseas.

    August 1968

    Transferred to Headquarters Support Company, 15th Medical Battalion, South Vietnam.

    July 1969

    Transferred to 605th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    October 1969

    Transferred to 134th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    19 October 1969

    Damaged.
    While UH-1D 66-16456 was being loaded, a truck with large antennas drove under the main rotor blade, damaging the blades.

    November 1970

    Transferred to 114th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    January 1972

    To Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    February 1972

    To U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM) Flight Detachment, 5th Army, Saint. Louis, MO.

    March 1972

    To Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    Circa 1972

    Converted to an UH-1H-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    May 1972

    To U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM) Flight Detachment, 5th Army, Saint. Louis, MO.

    August 1972

    Transferred to C Troop, 3-4th CAV., 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI.

    January 1973

    Transferred to HHT, 3-4th CAV., 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI.

    October 1973

    Transferred to 3-4th CAV., 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI.

    January 1975

    Transferred to 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI.

    October 1975

    Assigned to NAS Corpus Christi, TX for storage.

    To American Wings Air Museum, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
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    Max Sabin
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