UH-1 "Huey" Helicopter Gold and Silver Pin - This elegant Pin is beautiful and luxuriously plated in Gold and Silver and appropriate for ware by everyone who participated in the operation and maintenance of the UH-1 Huey in any manner. The back of the Pin has been sandblasted and Silver Plated for a finished look, and has Double (2) Silver Post and Butterflies Attachments. Patch Quartermaster suggests using our Nickel Safety Locking Collars to protect and secure your pin from lost.

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (unofficially Huey) is a Military Helicopter powered by a single turbo-shaft engine with two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor. The helicopter was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet the United States Army's requirement for a Medical Evacuation and Utility Helicopter in 1952, it first flew on 20 October 1956. Ordered into production in March 1960, the UH-1 was the first turbine-powered helicopter to enter production for the United States Military with more than 16,000 built. The first combat operation of the UH-1 was in the service of the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam War. The original designation of HU-1 led to the helicopter's nickname of "Huey" In September 1962, the designation was changed to UH-1, but "Huey" remained in common use. The UH-1 became the icon for the Viet Nam War and served many roles including Dust Off (Medical Evacuation), troop transport, re-supply utility helicopter and was armed with many different ordinance systems and became a formal attack helicopter (gunship) with two Door Gunners. Approximately 7,000 UH-1 aircraft saw service in Vietnam.