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72-21509 @ CMY - UH-1H dressed in Army dress colors.  Usually used by high ranking individuals.  She got sold and moved to England.
72-21509 @ CMY
72-21250 @ ALO - Here's the paint scheme for a 58 that flew for the IANG in the mid-70s.  The Unit marking is a cavalry guidon dipicting D Troop, 1st Squadron, 194th Cavalry out of the Waterloo, IA airport.
72-21250 @ ALO
56-0365 @ DVN - Here's an old Beaver that used to work out of the IANg at Mt. Joy, Iowa back in the early 70's.
56-0365 @ DVN
66-15185 @ ALO - Here is the XM-60 reflex sight for aiming the rockets.  They were pretty accurate.  I used to hit a five foot target from 1500' and 80 knots IAS with ease.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - The M21 system also calls for seven 2.75
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - And here is one of a pair of M134 mini-guns.  When they speak, they speak with AUTHORITY!  The guns comprise 1/2 of her M21 armament sub-system.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - What's a gunship with out guns?  Here is the flex sight for actuating the guns. It mounts on the co-pilot's side.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - The instrument panel, complete with bird droppings.  Birds were able to enter the chopper through a broken out chin bubble when it was on the pylon.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - Here is her tail with the old Waterloo cavalry unit's designation.  She has an L-13 engine.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - Here she is again, but from the Aircraft Commander's side.
66-15185 @ ALO
66-15185 @ ALO - This Mike model was on a pylon and now down for refurbishing.  I used to fly it with D Troop, 1/194th Cavalry back in 1975-76.  Lots of memories here, too.  She's dressed in Desert Storm paint.
66-15185 @ ALO
68-16790 - Taken in a revetment at  Sanford Army Airfield, Long Bien, Viet Nam. July of 1970.  I'm filling out the log book after concluding all the flights for the day.  Grenades & M-60 machine gun in the back.
68-16790