Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 68-15182
The Army purchased this helicopter 0769
Total flight hours at this point: 00000721
Date: 12/25/1970
Unit: 361 AWC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Recon mission for Armed Escort
While On Target this helicopter was Attacking at 0075 feet and 070 knots.
Classified
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (12.7MM)
The helicopter was hit in the Main Rotor Blade System
Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS
The helicopter Continued Flight.
The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: JSIDR (Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Information on U.S. Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 68-15182
The Army purchased this helicopter 0769
Total flight hours at this point: 00001653
Date: 11/05/1972
Unit: D/17 CAV
South Vietnam
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: OPERA (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory
The following is Goldbook
information on US Army helicopter AH-1G tail number 68-15182
It is provided here as an ESTIMATE of the history of this helicopter
and is not intended to be the final authority.
This helicopter was purchased by the US Army in 0769.
Please provide any additional information on this helicopter to the VHPA.
DATE FLT HRS UIC UNIT AREA POST COUNTRY 6907 1 1 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6908 0 1 W0MHAA DIR SUP / TRAN IN TRANSIT SHARPE AD AVCOM 6909 98 99 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6910 128 227 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6911 59 286 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 6912 94 380 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7001 38 418 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7002 65 483 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7003 64 547 WAX7AA 114 ASLT HEL CO VIETNAM RVN 7004 0 547 W0Y6AA OS TO CONUS ITR CONUS AVCOMITR 7005 0 547 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 7006 0 547 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 7007 0 547 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 7008 2 549 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVCOM 7009 0 549 WC5CAA 604 TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7010 21 570 WG1RAA 361 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 7011 64 634 WG1RAA 361 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 7012 87 721 WG1RAA 361 AVN CO VIETNAM RVN 7101 0 721 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7102 0 721 WC5CAA 604TH TRANS CO VIETNAM RVN 7103 0 721 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7104 0 721 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7105 0 721 W0MUAA ARADMAC IN MAINT NAVAL AIR STN AVSCOM 7106 0 721 108TH DIV TNG 3RD ARMY CHARLOTTE RESV 7107 33 754 WC5EAA 187 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7108 109 863 WC5EAA 165 TC CO A CDS VIETNAM RVN 7109 65 928 WC5EAA 187 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7110 42 970 WC5EAA 187 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7111 48 1018 WC5EAA 187 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7112 19 1037 WC5EAA 187 AHC VIETNAM RVN 7201 21 1058 WFJ8A0 A BTRY 4 77 ART VIETNAM RVN 7202 93 1151 WFJ8A0 79 ARABN FBTRY VIETNAM RVN 7203 82 1233 WFJ8A0 79 ARABN FBTRY VIETNAM RVN 7204 120 1353 WFJ8A0 79 ARABN FBTRY VIETNAM RVN 7205 88 1441 WFJ8A0 79 ARABN FBTRY VIETNAM RVN 7206 53 1494 WFJ8A0 79 ARABN FBTRY VIETNAM RVN 7207 41 1535 WFJ8A0 388 TC CO VIETNAM RVN 7208 28 1563 WFAMAA D TRP 1SQ 17 AC VIETNAM RVN 7209 26 1589 WFAMAA D TRP 1SQ 17 AC VIETNAM RVN 7210 64 1653 WFAMAA D TRP 1SQ 17 AC VIETNAM RVN
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