Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps and retained in Army service

and retained in Army service for liaison and observation duties during the Vietnam War era

assigned to the 357th Fighter Squadron

the McCloud River Railroad served the timber and lumber industry of Siskiyou County for over a century

featuring the more powerful Continental O-470-11 engine that gave it enhanced performance over the earlier OE-1

Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps and retained in Army serviceThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Bell AH 1T+ Factory Demonstrator, serial 161022, associated with the United States Marine Corps. This aircraft comes with a great piece of aviation lore: when pilots from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron HX 21 arrived at the Bell factory to evaluate the AH 1T+, they flatly refused to fly it the helicopter was wearing Bell's factory demonstration scheme, and the Marines weren't having it. The aircraft had to be