In the second part of this interview, Peter continues with an overview of the UH-1 cockpit configured for gunship use by the Australian Army after transfer from RAAF 9 Squadron. Peter also shares ...

There was just one problem: The Navy didn’t fly gunships. In early 1966, Army UH-1B Huey gunships were temporarily assigned to a dock-landing ship, the USS Belle Grove, to support Operation Game ...

Vietnam’s high humidity would necessitate continual improvements to the engine as the Huey became the taxi of the new “air mobility” school of warfare, with gunships escorting troop carriers ...

Fortunately, the “howitzer Huey” never materialized ... such as the famed AC-130 gunship. Before they thought to install the howitzer on a large, propeller-driven plane, though, the Pentagon ...