"Vietnam was known as the helicopter war, and the great majority of helicopters in Vietnam were Hueys. If you flew into combat, you rode on a Huey. When you were extracted, a Huey pulled you out.

The emergence of the Huey, arguably the most iconic helicopter ever built, gave the U.S. Army a form of “air cavalry” during the Vietnam War ... and a tandem cockpit enclosed in a canopy ...

But for those who served in Vietnam, Huey helicopter pilots and their crew ... “When he got into the cockpit we just left him alone with his thoughts. “After a good five or 10 minutes he ...

WELL, YOU’LL HEAR SOUNDS FROM THE PAST OVER THE METRO IN THE NEXT WEEK. A VIETNAM ERA HUEY HELICOPTER IS OFFERING RIDES AND HISTORY LESSONS. KMBC NINE PHOTOJOURNALIST MARK LEE TAKES US ALONG FOR ...

Larry Liss arrived at the Green Beret outpost at Cau Song Be, Vietnam, in an unarmed Huey — the only ... “Larry left the cockpit to push survivors into the helicopter and covered them with ...

The Howitzer artillery cannon would be placed where the cockpit traditionally ... throughout the Vietnam War. A lumbering, loitering, extremely heavy howitzer-equipped Huey helicopter would ...

Ed Foster is a Vietnam vet who has seen the helicopter in many areas ... The young may not understand all of what the Huey means – but being in that cockpit, even briefly, creates a memory ...

A group of auto body students in New York State are refurbishing a piece of American history as they work on a Vietnam-era ... UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter. But they have a certain vision ...

Robinson was fast-tracked to helicopter school and eventually sent to Vietnam ... Huey. Then a hole in the floor right where he’d been sitting. The bullet had come straight through the cockpit ...