Milsurp After Hours

After soldiering on for 57 years the last active duty Army Huey's
have flown their last mission.

http://www.army.mil/article/85964/

They take their place in history along side Hiram Maxim's machine gun and Heinz Gudarian's panzers as machines and tactics that changed the world of the foot soldier forever.

I made a lot of trips in one of those, so did Robert, anybody else??

Vern.

I think the German army are still useing them, in June i saw a pair flying up and down the Rhine on a couple of days near Bad Hönningen and i am sure they carried Bundeswehr markings.

The Westland Wessex was our transport in my early 70's LI service.

Joe

It's not really the end. Now days Bell is remaking and upgrading old Huey ones to Huey twos and all sorts of agencys are buying them.

http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en_US/Com ... lights-tab

Including the US airforce.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zht ... highlight=

There have been more than one era ending flights of the Huey. Back eight years ago at my other site a guy I know. and had served with, took a veterans ride on one that was flying cross country on its way to the Smithsonian for display. He put a patch I had given him, that I had extra from Vietnam, on the cover inside it. I didn't give it to him for that purpose....but that's what he did with it. I wonder if it is still there inside the chopper at the Smithsonian?


http://www.6thofthe31st.com/bb/viewtopi ... huey#p6382

Yep, got a lot of hours in a Huey. 7 weeks as a door gunner and then 7 CAs as a grunt.
We still have a few flying around here, but they are from the air farce academy. There are 2 or 3 flying in Cheyenne, Wyo - also hair farce.
Sarge