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Our last Huey just left

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  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Auburn, Alabama
Posted by rotorwash on Friday, March 6, 2009 2:25 AM

I just though I might put up a few figures for the UH-1 in Vietnam. These are calculated from tables provided by Simon Dunston in his excellent Vietnam Chppers book.  The following stats are for the peak years from 1968-1970.

Total sorties: 14,353,760 UH-1D/H

                     1,564,000 UH-1B/C/M

Total flying hours: 4,599,307 UH-1H

                           702,159 UH-1B/C/M

Total UH-1 losses due to both operational and combat causes 1968-1970:1,507

That works out to 1 aircraft lost for every 10,563 sorties or 1 in every 3,518 flight hours.

I for one was totally stunned by the total number of sorties flown in just three years and I have to say that the loss to flight time ratio seems pretty darn good.  Anybody have data for the more recent conflicts and the Blackhawk?  Anyway, I thought some of you might be interested in the data.

    Ray

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