Little story of how he came about getting 567. The nose verbiage was painted on by Crew Chief SP/4 Kirby Spain shortly after TET of ’68. Is that great advertising or what?!Ħ2-04567 as Bad Mother. Both pedals together then read: Bell Huey. Bell responded by changing the right side foot pedal to Huey. The slang name “Huey” became so popular that it over rode the UH-1 designation in use. When the Huey’s first came out, both foot pedals said BELL on them so everyone knew who manufactured the helicopter. Both units worked in close proximity of each other.Ī tail rotor foot pedal. Trailing smoke! Razorback’s pilot, Doug Cunzeman took this photo of a Razorbacks heavy fire team back in 1964.Ī Pedro belonging to Jason Stones Air Force rescue unit sitting near a Razorback Huey on Tan Son Nhut AFB. The writing on the left in the photograph says: “What’s it all mean? The other side replies: Natural” was a Mike Model gun belonging to SP/5 Steve Moreno. Note the larger pods each carry 19 rockets. SP/5 Eric Anspaugh’s gun, “Keep On Truckin'”. Frogs were not as heavily armed as the Hogs, but had the 40 MM cannon or “blooper” on the nose up front. Flex guns filled a gap until mini-guns came on the scene.Ħ24 as a “frog”. You can see a belt of cannon projectiles in front of the helicopter.ħ shot rocket pod and flex-guns on the aircraft’s left side. It sported 48 rockets and had a 40 mike-Mike” cannon on the nose. “Charlie’s Chow” was an early “Hog” or heavily armed gunship. Note: Razorbacks painted on the rocket tube.
The crew chief and gunner often stood outside the aircraft with out being retained by a safety harness or “monkey strap” during fierce engagements with the enemy. This photo is unposed and is depicted in several books and publications concerning the Vietnam War. The single most famous photograph of a Razorbacks gunship in action. Got ammo? Loaded ammo trays which fed the hungry flex or mini-guns. These had 10 pound warheads and were called “Mighty Mouses”.Ī Bravo Model back in the day with 14 rockets and a blooper up front. Note the unusual rocket tubes for the 2.75″ folding fin aerial rockets. This required improved skills and techniques, and specialized equipment. After a time, a large majority of our missions were flown at night. Often, doors would be removed to lessen the chance of a wound by shrapnel caused by a bullet passing through the door skin and then exploding. Our old Bravo models were often mistaken for Charlies because of the engine cowling and Charlie Model tail boom assemblies we used.
Their armament and sub-systems varied as well. Each had it’s own personality and idiosyncrasies. The Razorbacks flew several different helicopters throughout the years.
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