The reason Army helicopters are named after native tribes will make you smile

www.wearethemighty.com ^ | Dec. 03, 2017 08:02PM EST | Harold C. Hutchison

[JohnBrowdie]

huey?

[meyer]

Can’t wait for the Liz Warren model...

[JohnBrowdie]

lol.

“prattling skeletal blowhard” is too many syllables.

[Joe 6-pack]

I remember my first ride in a Chinook. Shortly after takeoff when we had entered level flight, the crew chief came back, started pulling panels off the side and began tightening, loosening and adjusting things, checking guages, etc.

I later learned it's part of their routine in-flight check list, but when you aren't aware of that, it can be a bit distressing.

[Red Badger]

That was a nickname for the Iroquois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, nicknamed “Huey”, for “utility helicopter.

[rjsimmon]

What tribe was the Cobra?

[ConjunctionJunction]

Isn’t the official name the Iroquois? I believe “Huey” is a nickname because it’s a UH-1 or HU-1.

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra

[READINABLUESTATE]

Ojibwe?

[Jumpmaster]

Huey is a contraction of numeric designation UH-1, utility helicopter.
Official name is Iriquois.

[Amberdawn]

Cobra?

[SERKIT]

::::Can’t wait for the Liz Warren model...::::::

I don't think our forces would like to fly an aircraft named "Chief Grey Beaver".

[NFHale]

“Huey” is the Iroquois.

“Huey” comes from the nomenclature “UH-1” Utility Helicopter.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Still waiting for the Hekawi. It’ll be a very small chopper. Maybe a one man gyrocopter.

[Track9]

1024th scale model.

[rdcbn]

Truth be told, historically, far more Native American tribes fought allied on the side of US military than fought against it.

American Indians were historically in a constant state of conflict, if not open warfare, with each other. It was brutal and unspeakable atrocities and torture was the norm.

Many tribes. allied themselves with colonists for mutual protection against the more aggressive attackers.

While it is undeniable that disease killed many native Americans, disease also killed many colonists as well. Genocide was not the norm and many of the Native Americans simply were assimilated into colonial life .

In short, they are not gone, they are us

[Retain Mike]

I don’t think the statement that Eli Parker, the only Native American to reach general's rank is correct. Stand Watie was the last Confederate general in the field to surrender.

Stand Watie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie#Civil_War_service

[Telepathic Intruder]

I’m surprised white liberals haven’t berated Native Americans yet for allowing their tribes to be portrayed as helicopters.