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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:HH-1N
    Last Military Serial:158551 USN
    Construction Number:31636
    Compressed ID:Bell HH-1N sn 158551 USN cn 31636
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VH-1N.

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 158551.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAS Quantico, VA.

    8 September 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 7H067.

    Circa 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 158551.

    Circa 1981

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1), MCAS Quantico, VA.

    19 July 1989

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 7H198.

    By 1990

    Converted to a HH-1N.

    By 1990

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158551.

    By 1990

    Transferred to SAR, NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: 7S

    By 2004

    Transferred to MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA.

    Transferred to SAR, Longhorns Squadron, NAS Fallon, NV.
    Operated with markings: 7H-03

    6 March 2009

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    May 2009

    Ferry flight. Delivered to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By 2018

    Markings Applied: 158551, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    Marked as when with HMX-1 while serving President Reagan.

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: in a Presidential Flight, VMX-1, of USMC colour scheme
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
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    Helis.com
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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