Desert guardians

摘要

Few aircraft are as iconic as the Bell UH-1. A mainstay of US military aviation for more than five decades, the 'Huey' has served in every branch except the US Coast Guard and in every American ground conflict since Vietnam. Once a ubiquitous sound at American military airfields across the world, the distinctive 'whump' beat of the legacy Huey's massive two-bladed main rotor is becoming increasingly rare as only a handful of units in the USAF and US Marine Corps operate legacy H-1 variants.