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BSteinIPMS
6th August 2004, 00:12
For those with an interest in helicopters, and/or the application of same to air cavalry tactics in the (former) Republic of Vietnam, you may have some interest in the following:

Alpha Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry, flying Bell UH-1C gunships:
http://www.ruthlessriders.net/

The ramblings of a young pilot attached to same:
http://aircavalry17.tripod.com/steinbrunnltr.htm

189th Assault Helicopter Company (Ghostriders), 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, Camp Holloway, Vietnam, flying Bell UH-1H "slicks".
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/9937/

Oh, and as an afterthought, the Corgi 1/48 UH-1C #US50409, depicting a bird from the 227 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st. Cavalry Division, really ain't too bad. :)