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Constructed as an AH-1G-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. |
February 1969 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-15054. |
April 1969 |
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To 388th Transportation Company, South Vietnam. |
May 1969 |
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Transferred to A Troop, 7-1 Air CAV., South Vietnam. |
March 1971 |
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To U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM), Saint Louis, MO. |
May 1971 |
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To United States Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
August 1971 |
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Transferred to 8th Squadron (Air CAV.), 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
October 1971 |
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Transferred to 166th Transportation Company, South Vietnam. |
November 1971 |
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Transferred to Aviation Training Team, U. S. Army Vietnam. |
April 1972 |
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Transferred to F Troop, 8th US Cavalry, Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
Operated with markings: HammerHead |
Circa 1972 |
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Neal Thompson Commented on VHPA.org: In 1972, Dwayne Shirley and I bagged a couple of PT-76 tanks with this ship. |
Circa August 1972 |
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Photographer: Scott Barnes
Notes: Two photos of 68-15054 when assigned to Troop F, 8th US Cavalry in Vietnam. Photo taken at Chu Lai. Aircraft Commander WO-1 Neal F. Thompson. |
Circa August 1972 |
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Photographer: Scott Barnes |
December 1972 |
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Transferred to D Troop, 1-17 Air CAV., South Vietnam. |
February 1973 |
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Transferred to 142nd Transportation Company, South Vietnam. |
March 1973 |
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To AVSCOM, Saint Louis, MO. |
April 1973 |
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Loaned to NASA, Langley Research Center, VA. |
May 1973 |
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To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
November 1973 |
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Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Sill, OK. |
December 1973 |
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To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
March 1974 |
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Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
April 1974 |
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Transferred to C Troop, 7-1 CAV., 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
October 1974 |
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Transferred to 235th Assault Helicopter Company, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY. |
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Converted to an AH-1S-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. |
By 1981 |
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Transferred to 175th Aviation Company, Illesheim, West Germany. |
1982 |
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Photographer: Robert Sullivan
Notes: Winter of 1982 possibly 1981 in Illeshiem West Germany. I was a crew chief on 054 at this time. |
By July 2003 |
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To Vietnam Memorial of Big Spring, Big Spring, TX.
 View the Location Dossier |
2009 |
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Photographer: Sid Nanson |
3 August 2018 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: In Big Spring, TX. |
3 August 2018 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: In Big Spring, TX. |
