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Bell UH‑1F Iroquois
in US US Air Force

Del'd 120 · Service : 1964 to 1987

Helicopters C/N Photos
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