Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" - In The Movies
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- #war A brief overview of The Bell UH-1 Iroquois as featured in many war movies.
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Movies Featured:
The Deer Hunter 1978
Apocalypse Now 1979
Commando 1985
Rambo 1985
Platoon 1986
Full Metal Jacket 1987
Predator 1987
Hamburger Hill 1987
Good Morning, Vietnam 1987
Bat*21 1988
Hot Shots 1991
Hot Shots Part Deux 1993
GoldenEye 1995
Operation Dumbo Drop 1995
Courage Under Fire 1996
Behind Enemy Lines 2001
We Were Soldiers 2002
Blood Diamond 2006
Rescue Dawn 2006
Across the Universe 2007
Tropic Thunder 2008
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009
Watchmen 2009
American Sniper 2014
Last Full measure 2019
Grand Theft Auto 5 (Video Game)
Cartoons: American Dad, Simpsons, Family Guy
During my time in the military I jumped out of four different aircraft. The C-130, C-160, CH-53 and the UH-1D. The Huey was by far the most fun!
Very cool!
Cool! Thanks for your service!
@frank tower where’d you serve?
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq can you please do dp 27 in the movies and m3 grease gun
@@tomjenkins0573 German Army, 4. Company, FschJgBtl 262. 1992 - 1997
In 1967 I knew I was about to get drafted so decided to enlist. Sitting in recruiting office there was a picture of a Huey on the wall and I asked if I could work on them. Little did I know that life expectancy was 60 days as flight crew. 8 years in Army aviation. Retired in 91 but that was the best year of my career. The flight crews were a tight knit unit of special people and our love and respect for those beautiful birds and the men we flew with stays with us forever. We can hear one flying today and the sound is the best music in the world.
Glad you made it through safe. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience 🙏
When I went in, I knew I wanted to work on Huey's. I lived in Kirby TX. not far off from Ft. Sam Houston TX and I would see them flying all the time. When I first got to be a UH-1D/H crew chief. I was totally happy. I spent ten years flying and loved it.😎 I still have Huey a cargo door roller bearing on my key ring.
Except for Carter gutting the military in 76-80, it was good
Fun fact about Apocalypse Now (1979): the Hueys you see in the film are all Philippine Air Force UH-1s. Because the Philippine government at the time was engaged against two separate insurgencies (against the NPA and the MNLF), the Hueys would often be called back to the front during the filming period, the PAF livery hastily repainted on the helicopters before sent into combat. Which explains the inconsistent number of helicopters you see in formation in each shot of the "Ride of the Valkyries" sequence.
(iirc most of the military hardware in the film were assets of the Armed Forces of the Philippines)
We still use some of those Hueys both in combat of the 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing and for training purposes of those of the Scout Rangers.
No CGI. All real time flying
Because of that, they’d also come back with bullet holes that the camera crew hoped no one would see. Spoiler alert: some did notice.
Reputedly some of the same helicopters were hired out to Luigi Cozzi, the Italian filmmaker who made 'The Last Hunter', the first Italian Vietnam War movie and the only one not based on Rambo. He's also supposed to have recycled some of Coppola's filming locations.
@@Graham-ce2yk A lot of these Vietnam War movies, both Hollywood & the Italian B-Movie productions, were filmed in the Philippines, using assets & vehicles from their armed forces, back in the 70´s and 80´s.
In Australia, we had the little Huey UH-1B and the big Huey UH-1H which could carry more passengers. I did helicopter insertion training on the 1H, rappelling into deep jungle. Much fun. We had to make our personal body harnesses out of twine which meant the jump was always exciting.
For the Australian movie Danger Close, one of the Huey's used for interior and close up shots was the actual A2-1022 that participated in the actual Battle of Long Tan that the movie was based on. It was lent out to the movie as a prop by the Caloundra RSL (Returned Services League).
At the first real job I ever had my supervisor was a Vietnam veteran and former "Huey" pilot. He didn't talk much about the war but he did say he was captured and lost a couple fingers when his chopper crashed from enemy fire. He was a very kind man and didn't really like to talk about his service in detail. The job was grounds keeping and he could fix just about anything he needed to be fixed.
Best chopper ever designed in the military history hands down. A true Icon indeed.
I'm currently applying to work for a company that guts and rebuilds old Huey's and other Bell 212 type Helicopters with new avionics and engines. Did a bit of a micro-internship with them back when I was in school, and if I learned one thing during my brief time there, it is that Bell 212/412/Huey air frames are durable enough, that people will be using, upgrading, and rebuilding them until the sun swallows the earth.
I'm living about 15 km from the biggest civilian Huey operator in Europe, and during an apprenticeship I had an old Rescue helicopter from the German "Bundesgrenzschutz", that was sold to them in 2008, and was for years in South Africa, and as it was back it had only minor structural repairs (sheet metal repairs at the forward bulkhead of the engine bay)! It also got a BLR fast fin during this 5000hr inspection! Great machines and I'm pleased with the sound every time, and it's a rare sight to hear them in Germany ! Glad these machines exist
I grew up during the Vietnam war. The Huey is the 'sound' of the war.
Miss Saigon in London had a full size one on stage in the 1994 production
The smartest American Psycho reference I've ever seen
My man for getting it!
I’m a student pilot, and one of my flight instructors saw action as a UH-1 gunship pilot in the Vietnam War.
I watched five of them take off one day at the air field. It was thrilling indeed. Got home mentioned it to my husband who flu them in country. He just looked unmoved and said, "imagine hundreds of them all taking off at once, that was impressive".
We had 4 Hueys and 2 Black Hawks in my MASH unit in Desert Storm. The Hueys were far more reliable in that environment.
At least the Marines still understand how reliable the Huey still is
why? Shouldn't the black hawks be more reliable?
@@LanaaAmor Blackhawks are a heavier, more complex helicopter with two engines.
Also, the huey is analog while the blackhawk is digital. It took a long time to develop digital electronics that were comparably reliable in high heat. Also the blackhawk had 4 blades instead of 2. More parts to fail. These days many Huey's have four blades as well.
(Helicopter blades change their angle of attack, they're not simply attached in a fixed position on the rotor.)
@@macmcleod1188 they why did the switch completely? Also Blackhawks are stronger
@@LanaaAmor I can only assume with time and experience the blackhawk became more reliable and more capable.
In fact, the experience of riding this helicopter in the military is like riding a flying tractor, and the ride is not very comfortable. The helicopter is so loud that I can't hear the conversation. But it has good mobility. It's a practical, cool helicopter that I want to ride again
Like my old flight school instructor used to say when switching from a UH-1 to Hughes 500- “like going from a casual Garth Brooks listener to a diehard Metallica fan”. 😂
Also a good supporting role this chopper had in "Missing in Action 2" (1985) the beginning and "The Iron triangle" (1989) with Beau Bridges and French rock star Johnny Halliday.
My uncle would tell me and my family about how common it was for their helicopters to come back with bullet holes still in them from from automatic rifles and lmgs
In Vietnam even after the war, the Huey still serve though out the Third Indochina war, it has been praised by the VPAF as the most reliable helicopter ever made
I remember i can hear the sound of the huey roar as it fly above me back in 2005 man those propeller are loud
trains were popular in movies too. Some war films had operatonal trains that were used in the filming
I served in the 70's as a UH-1 Crewchief on the UH-1B & UH-1M models. To this day I've never met a veteran of that era that doesn't hear the Huey's big blades beating the air into submission long before they come into view... Great aircraft!!!
A very interesting idea of the next video would be the Super Puma. Back in the 80s it was a favorite stand in for the Mi-24 Hind.
A 9 minute video about the UH-1 and not a single mention of its iconic sound? (No, i'm neither speaking of Fortunate son, nor Wagners ride of the valkyries) I think most who have had real life contact with them wil forever remember the sound. You can hear them comming from afar, way before you see them, but judging direction and distance goes wrong if you go by the noise.
The sound of the 2 blade rotors is so distinct that you know it's one of those if you hear it.
Thanks for adding this! Something I unfortunately overlooked 🙏
... its* iconic sound (it's = it is)
@@einundsiebenziger5488 thanks for pointing it out, not my native language so i missed that one.
Btw.: it's usually Einundsiebziger ;-)
3:35 if there's anyone who does not know that game, it is Battlefield 4, not GTA V.
I wouldn't want you to look up GTA V and be disspointed
Lil slip up on my part. I've been out of the gaming world too long. I do apologize 🙏
Ah, Johnny, once again brilliant my man! History lesson and movie lesson rolled in to one...love it 👍
Was curious if you'd heard of an obscure little Aussie film about Vietnam called 'The Odd Angry Shot'? Was shot, I think, mid to late 70's, so not long after our own withdrawal from the conflict.
Low budget, a bit rough around the edges but apparently a fairly accurate depiction for the Aussie soldier on 'Nam. Be interested to hear your thoughts on it bud.
And, again, thanks for another fantastic post my friend 😁😁
Hey thanks Tim! You've given me a new movie to look up. I love Aussie cinema so I'll have to check it out. I like getting perspectives from around the world.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq be prepared though mate, I did say it's a bit rough and ready 😊
Another one you may or may not have heard of is 'Danger Close', about the battle of Long Tan. Basically a couple hundred Aussies routed a few thousand NVA (not 100 percent sure of the numbers). They avoided our sector for ages afterwards due to our ferocious resistance.
Having said that, I don't think anyone could plausibly doubt the extraordinary fighting skills and prowess of the Vietnamese fighters...
Once again Johnny, your getting better and better at this...lovin' it my friend 👍👍😊
@@timmccunn2754 Big fan of danger close :) Kokoda is a favorite too! I have a WW1 Aussie movie list on my channel too. Lots of good ones.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq thanks mate, kind of you to say bro.
I tell ya though, would love to see a good movie about the Canadians involvement at Passchendaele WW1...pretty darn phenomenal I must say, shocking conditions, extraordinary fortitude by all involved...
Another little Aussie film you may not of heard of is 'Breaker Morant'. True story set during the Boer War involving an infamous court trial of some Australian soldiers...well worth a look.
Anyways, have great Chrissy mate, always a pleasure 🙏😊
I did read that the average days in combat for the soldiers during Viet Nam was something like 315 days. Compare this with the average of those fighting in the Pacific in WW2 which was about 40 days. This should not be taken as a bad reflection on the troops fighting in the Pacific, we all know what that was like. But it does reflect the difference the helicopter made to the troops in Viet Nam.
You forgot 2 movies who has hueys. Battle: Los Angeles and Kong Skull Island
There are sooo many for the huey I couldn't include them all 🙂
Huey? My god that man was an institution! I loved watching his cooking adventures!
Missing from that collection is a sequence involving a US Navy painted Huey that was shot for the Royal Oaks Productions film 'Steel Sharks' in 1996 and got reused in a lot of subsequent films by that production house up until the early 2000s.
You missed one of my favorite films - Clear and Present Danger 😜
Good video, one of my favorite helicopters and like the B-52 its been upgraded and adapted so much since its introduction and still in use today.
Haha I love that film too. Surprised I forgot about it but so many to go through for the Huey.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq oh if you included every film we’d be here all night lmao
“Two million dollars”
@@jamesturner9651 My pilot and I would like to take it for a test flight, how much for a deposit?
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography “two million dollars 😐”
Love that scene
@@jamesturner9651 do you take company cheques?
There is a saying that when the last Blackhawk is retired the crew will ride back in a Huey
I believe that in Brian de Palma's "Casualties of War" (1989) there is a scene of a medical "Huey" helicopter turning into a fan scene with Michael J.Fox. Great find of course.
Ah, the good ol’ Huey, accompanied with Fortunate Son. One of if not my favourite military helicopter, and it’s always cool seeing them deploy troops in films. I also very much appreciate its medevac service
This the first time I’ve only seen 1 first and multiple seconds
I was just thinking, wonder how many movies the Huey has been in....
Excellent video as always greetings from Colombia
In the mid 70s I flew UH-1Hs in the Army (post Vietnam). From the late 70's until 2003 I flew civilian versions for Air Logistics; supporting the oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico. I flew Bell 205A-1 (Amphibious), 212 (Twin Prats), 412 (twin Prats 4 blades) and 214ST (GEs and a rotor system you felt smashing the air before you heard it coming/18 passenger.) All of them were variants of the Huey. We flew them for tens of thousands of hours, day, night, IFR and VFR and even in hurricanes..
All of the civilian pilots with the exception of myself and maybe half a dozen others flew them in that "war." A large percentage of the A&Ps and other techs were veterans of it also.
Those pilots, Crew Chiefs/Mechanics/Techs were their own "Band of Brothers" of that era.
There's a great memoir from a guy who flew these in Vietnam. It's called 'Chickenhawk' - written by Robert Mason.
Rescue dawn and platoon where great movies recommend both!
... were* great ...
Just to be clear that isn't combat footage of a Griffen in Afghanistan that's a clip from the war flick Hyena Road which was really good.
You call, we haul! Those words and the chopper crew who lived by them are why this flying tank is the icon it is. God bless medivac! Hooah!
3:35 That GTA 5 looks awfully like Battlefield 4 Siege of Shanghai, hmm
Dont you remember Franklin was enlisted and thats where he got that ol' ye-ye ass haircut?
Really awesome seeing fly above my house sometimes often pairs of 2 or a of 3 with a AH-1 SeaCobra.
Love your videos and I also enjoy how you incorporate comedy into them
Thanks so much! I try to lighten the mood a bit if not for own frame of mind reviewing all these war movies.
We always have the ability to have a laugh and press on....Ryan's daughter, the scene where the squaddies were marching and whistling after their commanding officer had blown himself up
"It is made to crash"
-Hollywood
it's not a vietnam war movie if it doesn't have at least one huey crashed
@3:57, "Bat 21" was a 1988 release movie(saw in a theatre when I infiltrate as an Earthling human spy 33 years ago.Haven't you seen the sci fi movie,"They Live"?).
I come in peace
“Big Duke 6 to Eagle Thrust. Put on psy-war-op. Make it loud. This is a Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?”
Merry Christmas my dude Jon!!
You too brother!
our army (Georgian) still flies some UH-1H's from Nam
was fun!
my grandfather flew this buety during veitnam he recently died but i remeber many of the storys he told me like the one of how he earned his purple heart. he was flying over the jungle when some lucky veitcong nailed his bird with a rocket propeled gernade and he was shoot down where with a broken arm he pulled his crew out of the burning wrekage
The Hueys in MArine Corps service are no longer used in the troop carrying role, or at least not very much. Theyh're primarily used for the command control mission with the troop carrying mission having been taken over by the CH-46, and now the Osprey, for the medium lift role and the CH-53 in the heavy lift role.
Rode these in the '90s.
Love them choppers...
🤩😎
Read Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. Sums Vietnam and the Huey up perfectly, it’s an amazing read.
Most iconic helicopter for me
The *Army Surplus Helicopter* - from an army surplus store in/near the town of Boring in Oregon, which had/has the shell of one…
On Novermber 27, 2007, my wife suffered a ruptured aneurysm in her brain. The resuce squad called for a med-flight. "The local hospital can't handle this." I never served in any branch of the service, but I recoginized that beautiful WOP, WOP, WOP of an inbound Huey. The chopper landed across a local driveway, the flight medics bailed out checked her over, started all their equipment, loaded her onto the chopper, and told me..."No room for you...we'll see you at INOVA." I had no idea where that was even. Still, as that WOP, WOP, WOP faded into the distance, I knew if there was any chance, they'd get her there. They did. I got a friend to drive me up...The helicopter was still on the pad. She survived and to this day complains that "I got a helicopter ride and don't remember it." God bless that flight crew, and the Huey Helicopter.
Glad she made it. Thanks for the personal story. 🙏
'Fortunate Son' and 'Ride of the Valkyries' intensifies
... intensify* (two items, hence plural)
If you ever ride in one you will forever recognize the sound they make.
They say the Huey had a max speed over 200 kmh.. I think its actually a good bit faster than that depending on the variant .. More near 250 for the E & H variants.
260 for the N..
The UH-1Y is near 300...
Private Joker:
Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?
Private Cowboy:
Hey, start the cameras. This is "Vietnam - the Movie."
Private Eightball:
Yeah, Joker can be John Wayne. I'll be a horse.
Donlon:
T.H.E. Rock can be a rock.
T.H.E. Rock:
I'll be Ann-Margaret.
Doc Jay:
Animal Mother can be a rabid buffalo.
Crazy Earl:
I'll be General Custer.
Private Rafterman:
Well, who'll be the Indians?
Animal Mother:
Hey, we'll let the g**ks play the Indians!
Fun fact full metal jacket is the vietnam war movie that not feature this iconic huey helicopter.
One of my fav choppers
Danger Close: the battle of long tan has a great Huey scene!
Personal opinion, but door gunner are the coolest vehicle modification
Door gunners giving belt fed accuracy .clear right.
I flew Hueys and Cobras in the 70's. In 1979 I was stationed at Fort Hood with the First Cav, the unit shown in Apocalypse Now,
when this scene came on with Ride of the Valkyries at the base movie theater, everyone went nuts !
Is this helicopter the equivalent to the model ford T? To me it seem like both of these aircraft and vehicles were a game changer when it came to mechanical travel.
4:01 Kudo's for adding American Psycho's Huey Lewis scene in this
Nice one Jonners. Blackhawk down nearly had to use Hueys. They wouldn’t give Scott the Blackhawks. ‘Blackhawk’ Down with Hueys? Nope.
Chicken hawk is also a decent book about Helicopter in ‘ Nam.
They used these as rescuehelicopter until recently. While the newer ones can be mistaken for other aircraft, the "Teppichklopfer" was always distinct. Its the sound of rescue
Also Note this fact that Indian Parachute Regiment used American tactics in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war and Indo Pak war in the Meghna Heli drop using Mi 4 helicopters.
Where they would find themselves fighting against American supplied equipment with the Pakistanis
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 yup.
I'm sorry but that "Huey's and their crews" / Huey Lewis and the News cutaway to American Psycho made me laugh out loud lol.
Lol someone who gets me!
Excellent video. Well done. If I might make one correction...a year late. There are three basic types of turbine engines: 1) Turbo Prop 2) Turbo Shaft and 3) your regular "jet" engine like airliners (turbo fan) and "fighter jets" use that shoot hot gases out of one end. At 1:58 you call the engines "turbo props". The correct term is "turbo shaft". All helicopters with turbines have turbo shaft engines. "Turbo prop" describes airplanes that have turbines but are pulled through the air with propellors (or "props" for short) like the C-130 Hercules. The US Army's M1 Abrams tank also uses a turbo shaft (as does the Russian T-80 main battle tank). There have even been some cars with turbo shafts. Pretty much anything that has a turbine, burns kerosene, does not have propellors or is not considered a "Jet" engine as we commonly know it, is a turbo shaft.
Back to the "Heuy": an annoying thing many movies do is use the sound of the Heuy to represent ALL helicopters. Frankly I think the Blackhawk has one of the best sounds around...no disrespect to the UH-1.
Much appreciated, and you are absolutely right, of course. Might update this one down the road. 🙏
Chickenhawk is an amazing book if you're wanting to know more about the Heuy in Vietnam
I can only say..... a Huey ....best thing ever!!!
The fortunate son is strong with this one
These also played an important role in the Six Day War (1967).
Israel would fight most of the Six Day War with refurbished WW II and Korean War arms. Thanks to the French their aircraft was more up to date. 'Hueys' would act as 'wounded air transport'.
Just like the M60, the Huey has often made appearances in movies and TV shows taking place in the 21st century where it is incredibly out-of-place.
Wish you showed the clip of the huey with thr side m60 gunner gunning down one of Pablo escobars henchmen
The twin Huey is not powered by turboprops but turbo shaft engines driving the main drive via a gearbox
Hey Johnny, check Brian de Palma's "Casualties of War" for some good Huey shots. Great video again, thanks!
Thanks brother will do! And welcome to the channel by the way
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Thanks man! Love it here!
Huey is the current main helicopter used by the armed forces of the Philippines, from the Air force, Military and navy. With more Vietnam era Hueys being purchased several years ago. Yes, contrary to popular belief, the US doesn't "give" us stuff, they sell them to us.
So common, people all around the world nowadays could have at least seen one of these old warhorses flying above their heads and residences in reality.
Hell, won't be even surprised if these things can last centuries, even when we finally send people beyond Pluto.
Yeaaa boii bring the Air Cav here
Mom: we have GTA 5 at home
GTA 5 at home: 3:35 (top left corner)
Lol I deserve that 😌
If you guys want to see an anime that features the Huey, I recommend Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought there
It features a lot of Cold War era Japanese military gear, including a scene that involves Hueys, directly parodying Apocalypse Now
Correction: Helicopters use a turbo shaft engine, not a turbo prop.
Yup good spot 👌
The Huey was not only in war movies but also in first responder movies. Here are some more popular movies that were overlooked.
THE A-TEAM.
AIR AMERICA.
CLIFFHANGER.
CON AIR.
DANCE OF THE DWARFS.
DIE HARD.
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
THE EXTERMINATOR.
FIRE BIRDS.
THE GREEN BERETS.
HEARTBREAK RIDGE.
HULK.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
JAMES BOND DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
JAMES BOND HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE.
KING KONG 1976.
THE MATRIX.
MUNICH.
THE ODD ANGRY SHOT.
SAN ANDREAS.
STAR TREK THE VOYAGE HOME.
SWAT.
TERMINATOR SALVATION.
UNCOMMON VALOR.
Try the Abrams in movies
I had a feeling you'd make this request
Best helicopter of the 60's during the 'Nam War.
Very cool video! Do you consider making a similar video about the soviet Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter? Here the "movie history" might be even more exciting with all the mockups Hollywood used...
3:40 that's battlefield, not gta
Can you do a video on the HMV next?
I can put it on the list forsure
My friend bill Diaz was a army ranger during the tet offensive
He said to me the Huey helicopter was both angel and a demon in the sky
We still got modern day Huey’s flying around today especially in the civil sector
We have a Huey helicopter at the Merced Air Force museum to
Shalom dove 🕊️ of peace ☮️
Turboprop engines is something else. Even if they are very similar, it's called a gas turbine engine in a helicopter.
Thanks for that. This video could use a little edit job. :)
Since it hasn't technically ended, the Korean War is America's longest running war.
you should do a captured enemy wepons video
The Essex you point out is the Sikorsky S-58.
Iroquois is pronounced "ear-a-coy". the nickname Huey came about when the HU-1A, (which had a short, fat looking body) was said to have resembled the cartoon character Baby Huey. and the nickname stuck. even some later models had "HUEY" stamped on the right tail rotor pedal and "BELL" (the aircraft manufacturer) stamped on the left. when the B models came out the Army had recatagorized aircraft designations to put primary mission designation before aircraft type. hence, HU (for Helicopter-Utility) became UH (for Utility Helicopter or AH for Attack Helicopter or CH for Cargo Helicopter, etc).
It's a french word. We typically pronounce it the French way in Canada. As do the Quebec and Ontario Iroqouis people. Either pronunciation is fine, though.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq in 27 yrs in the military i'd never heard it pronounced any other way.
Well, you're not wrong. Neither are the Iroqouis people living in Canada or French speakers.
last video was not the embassy in Saigon it was Con Thien
You should do a video on the AH-64 Gunship
Great video ! I was looking for exactly this type of content just a month ago. So Thanks a lot!
What do you think are the..
..most iconic/popular Huey-scenes ?
..most iconic/recocnizable Huey paint-jobs in movies ?
..most iconic nose artwork of Vietnam Hueys ?
The Twin-Huey scene in the Matrix is pretty cool imo
Very cool scene! I completely forgot about that one