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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:74-22396 US
    Construction Number:13720
    Last Civil Registration:N396WR
    Latest Owner or Location:Pac West Helicopters, Redding, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1H.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 74-22396.

    From 1983 to 1985

    Wayne Linn comments (7 May 2023): 396 was my primary helicopter -Logged many hours in it.

    1984

    Transferred to Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, GA.
    Command and Control ship for the 24th Infantry Division Commading General. MG Schwarzkopf at the time.

    1984


    Photographer: Wayne Linn
    Notes: Logged many an hour in 74-22396. C and C ship for the 24th ID division Commander. MG Norman Schwarzkopf at the time.

    1984


    Photographer: Wayne Linn

    1984


    Photographer: Wayne Linn

    Circa 12 October 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N396WR (UH-1H, 7422396) issued.

    12 October 2010

    To US Department of State, Patrick AFB, FL with new c/r N396WR.

    By January 2011

    Based at Melbourne Regional Airport, Melbourne, FL.
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    16 December 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N396WR.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Sacramento, CA.

    21 May 2015

    Civil registration, N396WR, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Sacramento, CA.

    By October 2019

    In the inventory of Pac West Helicopters, Redding, CA.
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    2 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Pac West Helicopters, 16607 Clear Creek Road, Redding, CA, U.S.A.
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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 2019/2020 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
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Wayne Linn
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