Nothing like the sound of the Vietnam 'battlefield taxi', the Huey UH-1s. This video was a test flight by McDermott Aviation of one of their Bell 204s, the civillian version of the UH-1B Iroquois 'Huey', dressed up as a UH-1B before we began filming DANGER CLOSE in Queensland. On 6 June 1966 eight Iroquois helicopters from 9 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), landed at the Vung Tau airbase, Vietnam. The Bell UH-1B Iroquois or "Huey" is almost synonymous with the Vietnam War and for the

50 years ago today, 12 June 1966, No. 9 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force arrived in Vung Tau, South Vietnam, equipped with eight Iroquois UH-1B helicopters. Here is some footage of 9 Squadron operations in Vietnam, interspersed with footage of 9 Squadron RAAF in 1987, which was based at Amberley, Queensland. This movie was restored from old VHS tape and converted to wide screen HD format during the process. 9 Squadron was posted to Vietnam with the specific task of operating in direct support