AIRCRAFT WALK-AROUND No 5536 UH-1 HUEY GUNSHIPS

During the late 1950s, the US Army evaluated Bell's YH-40 - the prototype for the UH-1 Iroquois, or "Huey" - as an armed helicopter for close support of ground forces. Early HU-1As (later UH-1As) were deployed to South Vietnam in the early 1960s, which began the Huey's long involvement in the Vietnam War. Additional weapons and aircraft modifications resulted from experience during this conflict, which proved the viability of armed helicopters. UH-1 gunship variants also served with Navy, Marine and Air Force units during the Vietnam War. Experience gained by these Hueys led to the development of a dedicated attack helicopter, Bell's AH-1 Cobra. This new book by helicopter expert Wayne Mutza takes a detailed look at the Huey Gunships during and after Vietnam. Extensive inside and out colour and black and white coverage, twelve colour profiles, two full-colour cover paintings, forty pages of colour.