
Originally designated as UH-48 missile sites support helicopter, the Huey UH-1F was the Bell 204 Air Force
variant of the Army UH-1B/C but with a General Electric T58 engine rather
than the Lycoming used on other models at the time.
The resulting aircraft had the shorter cabin of the UH-1B,
but with the longer tail boom, rotor and transmission of the UH-1D.
The UH-1F was introduced into the USAF inventory in February 1964 with production ending in 1967. Many of the aircraft served in Southeast Asia, and some were converted to the armed UH-1P for psychological warfare role . The last UH-1F was retired from the USAF in the early 1980s and replaced by the 205 variant HH-1H Huey The basically similar TH-1F was for instrument and hoist training . BuNos 63-13141 / 13165 : UH-1F c/n 7001 / 7025 BuNos 64-15476 / 15501 : UH-1F c/n 7026 / 7051 BuNos 65-7911 / 7965 : UH-1F c/n 7052 / 7106 BuNos 66-1211 / 1224 : UH-1F c/n 7107 / 7120 BuNos 66-1225 / 1250 : TH-1F c/n 7301 / 7326 BuNos 66-15358 / 15361 : Cancelled UH-1F. Possible sent to Colombian Air Force |
Units | |
Years | Units | bold : Current base of the Unit |
1978/80 | 38 RQS ![]() | Homestead AFB |
1973/85 | 37th ARRS | |
1971/82 | 1550 ATTW | Kirtland AFB Hill AFB |
1970/75 | 76th HS | Vandenberg AFB Hickam AFB |
1967/72 | 20th SOS | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1964/74 | 6th SOS | Alexandria / England AFB![]() ![]() Alexandria / England AFB ![]() Eglin AFB |
54th HS ![]() | Minot AFB |