Review
The official name of this aircraft is the Iroquois. But early on, the Army's 2-letter designation for it was HU-1 for "Helicopter Utility". Thus it received the "Huey" even after it was changed to UH-1H.
Since 1956, more than 16,000 H-1s have been manufactured, making this the most successful military aircraft in history. In all, it has had a combined 27 million hours of flight.
The Huey was a familiar site in the Viet Nam war. It has seen distinguised service for its role in transport, air-based battle command, troop deployment, fire fighting coordination, medical evac., search and rescue, armed escort, reconnaissance and others. |
