Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Looks Cold

Linking around, I found this photo of a field exercise in North Dakota.  When I clicked on the link, the picture surprised me.


The first thing I did was to look at the caption, thinking "that's a Huey!"  Sure enough.
A 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois lifts a simulated casualty above the Turtle Mountain State Forest, N.D., Feb. 14, 2018, during a 91st Security Forces Group field training exercise. During the FTX, defenders vectored the aircraft to a landing zone and performed a simulated medical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)
According to Wikipedia, the the 54th Helicopter Squadron is an Air Force unit based in Minot.  And, they're still flying Hueys, (N-models these days).  The last Huey I flew in was a D-model, but that was over 20 years ago.  Honestly, I thought that they were out of the inventory.

3 comments:

Termite said...

The Army has retired their UH-1H models.

The Air Force and the Navy still have some of their UH-1N models, but are upgrading to UH-1Y models, as is the Marine Corps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1Y_Venom

The last UH-1H that was retired was given to the Louisiana State Police.

https://www.army.mil/article/180593/last_uh_1_huey_a_42_year_military_veteran_retires

kamas716 said...

We do have a couple of Blackhawks up here, but I think they are flown by one of the Army Guard or Reserve units. Mostly I see them flying in the spring when they are doing flood surveys.

It's actually not bad, temperature wise, right now. Highs have been in the mid-20s to low-30s the last few days.

Old NFO said...

Yep, and the Marines are also using Yankee models... It's the bird that won't die!