Sikorsky H-34 / S-58
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Re: Sikorsky H-34 / S-58
The USMC continued to use the H-34 pattern, even after the U.S. Army had phased it out.
Even after the USMC adopted their own version of the UH-1, the UH-1E, the CH-34s continued to be used up to and for a period after the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Its higher availability and reliability due to its simplicity compared to the newer helicopters led Marines to ask for it by name.
The phrases "give me a HUS", "get me a HUS" and "cut me a HUS" entered the USMC vernacular, being used even after the type was no longer in use to mean "help me out".
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USMC H-34s were also among the first gunship helicopters trialled in theatre, being fitted with the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], comprising two [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and two 19 shot [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] pods.
The operations were met with mixed enthusiasm, and the armed H-34s, known as "Stingers" were quickly phased out.
The TK-1 kit would form the basis of the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] kit used on the UH-1E helicopters of the USMC.
On August 18, 1969, the last Marine UH-34D in Vietnam was retired from [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
During that period, enemy action and accidents downed 134 helicopters.
Most of the twenty surviving CH-34 helicopters were turned over to the South Vietnamese during the course of the war, though a few were ultimately reclaimed by the Army prior to the final collapse of the Saigon Government.
In the late 1950s, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-created airline, began flying UH-34Ds in Laos, manned by crews on leave from
the Marine Corps.
When the last military UH-34 left Vietnam, Air America was still operating the type, including upgraded S-58Ts.
Even after the USMC adopted their own version of the UH-1, the UH-1E, the CH-34s continued to be used up to and for a period after the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Its higher availability and reliability due to its simplicity compared to the newer helicopters led Marines to ask for it by name.
The phrases "give me a HUS", "get me a HUS" and "cut me a HUS" entered the USMC vernacular, being used even after the type was no longer in use to mean "help me out".
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
USMC H-34s were also among the first gunship helicopters trialled in theatre, being fitted with the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], comprising two [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and two 19 shot [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] pods.
The operations were met with mixed enthusiasm, and the armed H-34s, known as "Stingers" were quickly phased out.
The TK-1 kit would form the basis of the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] kit used on the UH-1E helicopters of the USMC.
On August 18, 1969, the last Marine UH-34D in Vietnam was retired from [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
During that period, enemy action and accidents downed 134 helicopters.
Most of the twenty surviving CH-34 helicopters were turned over to the South Vietnamese during the course of the war, though a few were ultimately reclaimed by the Army prior to the final collapse of the Saigon Government.
In the late 1950s, [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-created airline, began flying UH-34Ds in Laos, manned by crews on leave from
the Marine Corps.
When the last military UH-34 left Vietnam, Air America was still operating the type, including upgraded S-58Ts.
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