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.

As the Vietnam War escalated, Bell Hueys were deploying in increasing numbers, mainly in transport and medevac roles. Though Huey gunship variants came equipped with side-door machine guns and ...

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 ...