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Long before the Vietnam conflict had ended, the “Huey” (its original Army designation was HU-1A, for Helicopter, Utility, Model 1A) was probably the most recognizable helicopter in the...
The image of American troops disembarking from a Huey has become an iconic image of the Vietnam War, and can be seen in many films, video games and television shows on the subject, as well as more modern settings.
Many Vietnam Veterans describe the UH-1 “Huey” helicopter as the “sound of our war”. Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association records show that 7,013 Hueys survived in the Vietnam War, totaling 7,531,955 flight hours. Over 90,000 patients were airlifted (over half of them Americans).
The Huey‘s true baptism by fire came during the Vietnam War, where it played a crucial role in a wide range of missions. From 1962 to 1975, Hueys flew over 7.5 million combat assault sorties, transported over 4.5 million troops, and evacuated more than 350,000 wounded personnel (Rottman, 2007).
As an icon of the Vietnam War and an angel of mercy for American troops who fought there, the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, affectionately known as the “Huey,” has gone on to become the most recognizable helicopter in the world.
On 18 July 1970, a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) UH-1D Huey helicopter hovers above Vietnamese Air Force personnel of the 211th Helicopter Squadron on a combat assault in the Mekong Delta area of Vietnam.
That whup-whup-whup is the unmistakable signature of the military helicopter known as the Huey. First in Vietnam and for decades wherever U.S. forces were committed, the Huey lifted them into...
Helicopters like the Bell UH-1 “Iroquois” (better known by its nickname, the “Huey”) were so ubiquitous in the jungles and rice paddies of Southeast Asia—Hueys logged more than 10 million...
The Huey was at every major battle, making Vietnam “the helicopter war.” When the aircraft, made by Bell Helicopter Co., entered production in 1959, it was officially the HU-1 Iroquois, but troops began calling it “Huey,” a play on the HU designation.
Perhaps the most famous helicopter of the Vietnam War was Bell Helicopter’s UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the “Huey,” a nickname derived from the craft’s older HU-1 designation (HU-1, when read phonetically, appears to spell out H-U-I, hence the name).