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    Airframe Family: Hughes 369 / H-6 / 500 / 600
    Latest Model:MH-6B Cayuse
    Last Military Serial:68-17167 US
    Construction Number:1127
    Last Civil Registration:N17167
    Latest Owner or Location:Little Bird Llc, Santa Teresa, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-6.

    Circa 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-17167.

    Converted to a MH-6B.

    12 August 1992

    To Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC with new c/r N51844.

    Based at Department of Homeland Security, Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZ.
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    26 February 2009

    To Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC keeping c/r N51844.

    27 July 2010


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: The US Border Police were operating a large fleet of these ex US Army OH-6 Cayuse when I visited Tucson in 2010.

    7 September 2011

    To USDA Aphis WS Atoc, Cedar City, UT keeping c/r N51844.

    24 February 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N51844.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Santa Teresa, NM.

    6 October 2015

    To Air Resource Helicopters Llc, Santa Teresa, NM keeping c/r N51844.

    Based at US Customs and Border Protection, Sierra Vista Municipal Libby Army Air Field (FHU), Sierra Vista, AZ.
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    23 August 2018

    To Little Bird Llc, Santa Teresa, NM with new c/r N17167.

    10 March 2021

    To Little Bird Llc, Santa Teresa, NM keeping c/r N17167.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood

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