Today, modern civilian helicopters are involved in everything ... some of the same duties as the later Army workhorse Huey helicopter did in the skies over the battles of the Korean War , and ...

Gerald Hickey spent 17 years as a civilian in Vietnam ... Hickey often rode in Army Huey helicopters, accompanying Green Berets on visits to remote villages. “I hated choppers,” Hickey ...

The civilian variant, the S-61 ... The AH-1 shares some components with the aforementioned Huey helicopter as well. In fact, the AH-1 is technically a descendant of the Huey but with a higher ...

The firm-fixed-price contract will save taxpayers roughly $1 billion, the Air Force's top civilian said ... which uses the aging Huey helicopter for aerial protection of its missile sites ...

A Vietnam veteran who in 1967 flew an unarmed Huey helicopter on multiple rescue ... while friendly South Vietnamese troops known as Civilian Irregular Defense Forces raced toward the aircraft.

At long last, the Huey helicopter has reached its final destination in Victoria, where it will be displayed as an iconic symbol of the Vietnam War. The helicopter was officially dedicated Saturday ...

A civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," such helicopters are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators: Sign up here. Bell Helicopter (now Bell ...