The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between 1966 and 1970. Though now painted in National Guard livery, it retains an XM52 smoke generator similar to the one it carried for the ...

Behind the gun and gunner’s pod—where troops and machine gunners would sit on a traditional Huey—would be the cockpit. Back in the 1960s, the Army was increasingly involved in the Vietnam War.

Two Army soldiers watch a wave of Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters during the Vietnam War, ca. 1967. The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association estimates that the Huey had more combat time than any ...

The Bell UH-1 helicopter, popularly known as the "Huey," was the workhorse aircraft for U.S. forces in Vietnam. Well adapted for jungle warfare, the Huey could fly at low altitudes and speeds ...

Take Me Home Huey tells the journey of a Medevac helicopter, nearly destroyed during the Vietnam War, as it is resurrected and transformed into colorful sculpture. The history of this iconic Huey ...