63-13143 BELL UH-1F RIV MARCH FIELD MUSEUM

UH-1F Huey Helicopter s/n 63-13143 (Model 204) was manufactured by Bell

Helicopter (Textron) in Fort Worth, Texas and delivered to the United States Air

Force on July 24, 1964. Its assignments were:

July 1964 - Aeronautical Systems Division (AF Systems Command),

Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Climatic Hanger Evaluation at Eglin AFB,

Florida, and Arctic Evaluation at Eielson AFB, Alaska; Adverse Weather Tests at

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and at Desert Test Center in Yuma, Arizona.

October 1965 - Air Force Flight Test Center (AF Systems Command), Edwards,

AFB, California. (Converted to a JUH-1F Huey). X-15 Research Flight Test Program

in the capacity of search, rescue and support. It supported X-15 s/n 56-6672.

February 1968 - Aeronautical Systems Division (AFSC), Wright Patterson AFB OH

(converted back to a UH-1F)

May 1968 - Air Force Flight Test Center (AFSC), Edwards AFB CA

July 1971 - 319th Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (Strategic Air Command), Grand

Forks AFB, North Dakota. Ferry support for 321st Strategic Missile Wing crews to

and from remote Minuteman II sites throughout North Dakota.

October 1973 - Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center,

Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

January 1977 - Dropped from the Air Force inventory as surplus, 2,239

recorded airframe hours.

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