“Huey“ in a Helicopter War - Vietnam 1967

“The ’Huey’ UH-1 helicopter is one of the iconic images of the Vietnam War. This film was produced by Bell Aircraft to show the essential part played of their “Huey“ UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter in nine different of rolls, including recon & fire direction, transport & supply, a variety of assault gunships configurations and medical evacuations. The film uses dramatic combat footage to illustrate the theory, tactics and practice of Huey operations, including from the cockpit views of airborne assaults and the establish and development of LZ’s in Vietnam. The advantages over and differences from traditional ground assault tactics are discussed and shown detail, along with varying tactics for different situations. This film is a dramatic combination of a thorough examination of Huey operations with down and dirty combat footage.