Most importantly, these helicopters evacuated the wounded and the dead out of the battlefield.Įnjoy this tribute video to the UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters and pilots of the Vietnam War. In the heat of battle, whether in the triple canopied jungles and mountains, or in the open flat areas along the coast, or in the wet marshes and creeks and rivers of the Mekong Delta, these Hueys could provide an incredible amount and variety of support for the troops in the thick of things on the ground, from heavy weapons cover, to bringing in more troops and supplies, to evacuating the wounded and the dead. The helicopters provided both offensive and medical support to ground troups. Because of them, the survival rates of the wounded were as high as 86% in Vietnam. During that time, it flew with four units: Company A, 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters Company, 11th Aviation Battalion the 128th Assault Helicopter Company and the 118th Assault Helicopter Company. Their UH-1 flew in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. Because they could land just about anywhere, and because the pilots and crews were so completely dedicated to getting the wounded out of harm’s way, they would enter any hell and do whatever it took to get their brother’s out of hell and back to medical care ASAP. The museum displays the Huey with information detailing the aircraft’s history. The helicopter as a military technology evolved during World War II, but took time to develop to meet the Army's high hopes for its effectiveness. One of the most important missions these Hueys did in Vietnam was to medevac the wounded and the dead out of the battlefield. Nicknamed the 'Huey' after the phonetic sound of its original designation, HU-1, the UH-1 'Iroquois' helicopter was the work horse of the Army during the Vietnam War.
UHI-1 Huey helicopters provided critical support during the Vietnam War. They could move with incredible agility, fly low and fast, and their pilots and crews were some of the bravest warriors in Vietnam. Some of them were armed to the teeth with electrically operated gatling guns and several kinds of rockets. Of all the helicopters in Vietnam, the most iconic was the multi-mission capable UH-1 Iroquois, otherwise known as the “Huey.” These ships could transport troops and supplies into every corner, nook and cranny, every road-less, out of the way valley, mountain top, or delta landscape. The skies over Vietnam belonged to American aviation, but it was the helicopters that were the Angels from Above that the troops on the ground knew and loved most. They ranged in size from the huge CH-53s and the CH-54 Tarhe, Flying Cranes, and CH-46 and CH-47 troop carriers, to the little flying egg, the OH-6 Cayuse aerial observers. There were many kinds of helicopters in Vietnam.
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