Posted on Apr 10, 2018
Arsenal | UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” Helicopter | HistoryNet
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The old timers (SNCO and O) had a phrase in USMC for my early years in, "Cut me a HUS". It meant give me a break or help me out, and originated from the first HUS-1 helicopters the Corps fielded in 1955. I guess when they showed up it was a good thing, because it was either a MEDEVAC or carrying ammo, chow, mail, supplies, or replacements. They are the same as the ones seen in MASH, and I think the Army designated them H-34 Choctaws. https://www.helis.com/database/model/857/
Sikorsky HUS-1 / UH-34D Seahorse
Operators, Versions and serials of the Sikorsky HUS-1 / UH-34D Seahorse
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Great info and history add for those of us who have not ridden in one. CW5 John M. TSgt Joe C. SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski MSG Dan Walther SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth TSgt David L. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CW5 Jack Cardwell Sgt Randy Wilber MSgt Don Dobbs Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Kelli Mays
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
Lt Col Charlie Brown - don't have enough fingers and toe to count how many times I've flown in one of those birds.
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A truly fine aircraft that could take some pretty hard use, and could usually deliver “a bit more” for you when you needed it. The AH-1 (skinny Huey with 540 rotor and SCAS) was a fine “seat-of-the-pants” workhorse weapons platform that was most fun to fly when you were “empty” and homeward bound. My personal favs were the OH-6 and OH-58, single pilot, doors off, down in the culverts and “weeds”.
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Flew in plenty of Hueys toward their tail end in 1980-1981 right before we got the Blackhawks in 1980. From 1981 onward, I do not remember riding on Hueys too much.
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