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See TR-1A.
See Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
Built by Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, Texas, the UH-1H/N saw action with U.S. Army and Marine contingents during the Gulf War. According to the military report Desert Score, “Two Marine UH-1Ns flying from the U.S.S. Okinawa were lost in the Northern Arabian Sea in October [1990]. One from the USS Tripoli crashed into the Pacific in December while enroute to the Persian Gulf. During the buildup and execution of Desert Storm, the UH-1Ns were the Marine Corps’ principal light utility helicopter. Some were fitted with Nite Eagle Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR)/laser designator pods . . . used to designate targets at night. During Desert Storm, 50 Marine Corps UH-1Ns—30 flying from shore bases and 20 from amphibious ships—flew 1,016 sorties.”
The UH-1 variants have a fuselage length of 42 feet 4 inches (12.9 m) and an overall length of 56 feet 3 inches (17.15 m). Empty weight is 5,550 pounds (2,517 kg) for the UH-1H and 5,997 pounds (2,720 kg) for the UH-1N. The helicopter is powered by either a single Lycoming T53-L-13 turboshaft, which provides 1,400 shaft horsepower (shp) (the H variant) or by two Pratt & Whitney of Canada PT6T-3B-1 turboshafts, which together provide 1,800 shp. It has the capability of carrying two crew (pilot and copilot), with the option of a third crew member, and from 11 to 14 troops.
References:
Almond, Denise L., ed., Desert Score: U.S. Gulf War Weapons (Washington, DC: Carroll Publishing, 1991), 110–111;
Sea Power: The Official Publication of the Navy League of the United States 37: 1 (January 1994), 214.
UH-1H/N Huey Iroquois
A U.S. Navy UH-1H Huey Iroquois helicopter leaves the flight deck of the USS Tripoli during minesweeping operations following the close of Desert Storm.
Brigadier General Robert H. Scales, Jr., called the Blackhawk one of the “Big Five” weapons systems of the U.S. military. The U.S. Army’s version of the exportable S-70B Seahawk, the UH-60 flew ten sorties for USSOCCENT (U.S. Special Operations Command Central) during the Persian Gulf War.
Powered by two General Electric T700-GE-701C turboshaft engines providing 1,800 shaft horsepower (shp) each, the UH-60 has a fuselage length of 50 feet ¾ inch (15.26 m) and a rotor diameter of 53 feet 8 inches (16.36 m). The copter weighs 11,500 pounds (5,216 kg) empty and up to 23,500 pounds (10,660 kg) loaded. It has a maximum cruising speed of 173 mph (278 km/h), with an unrefueled range of 363 miles (584 km); with the addition of four external fuel tanks, the range increases to 1,380 miles (2,220 km). It carries a crew of 3 and either 11 to 14 troops, or 6 litters and 1 to 3 attendants for medical evacuation and/or treatment. Armaments include pylons for Hellfire missiles, mine distributors, and ECM (electronic countermeasures) pods. Israel is currently forming a small squadron of ten UH-60s, which it has renamed Nammer (Tiger).
See also
S-70B Seahawk.
References:
Scales, Robert H., Jr., Certain Victory: The United States Army in the Gulf War (Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1993);
Taylor, John W. R., and Kenneth Munson, “Gallery of Middle East Airpower,” Air Force 77:10 (October 1994), 67.
UH-60 Black Hawk
A U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk lifts a howitzer.
Underway replenishment ships (URSs) were used by five coalition nations to replenish their supplies during the Gulf War. Such tankers and ships furnish a nation’s overseas military forces with food, oil, munitions, and other combat supplies and materiel.