Rattler/Firebird Association

Rattler/Firebird Aircraft

Listed below are 153 of the aircraft flown by the Rattlers and Firebirds during their service in Vietnam.  You may click a tail number to view more detailed information about that aircraft, including accident and incident reports.

Note: This information is compiled from various data sources. However, given the time that has elapsed, complete accuracy is not assured. Note: This list only includes aircraft that were assigned to the unit after September 1966 and the accident and incident information is, regretfully, not entirely complete.

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Aircraft List

Tail Number Model Date Purchased Unit Begin Date Unit End Date Unit Begin Hours Unit End Hours Hours Flown
66-00496 UH-1B Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Nov 1966 54 54 0
66-00509 UH-1B Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Nov 1966 116 280 164
64-14165 UH-1C Nov 1965 Dec 1968 Mar 1969 317 333 16
65-09434 UH-1C Jan 1966 Dec 1968 Apr 1969 654 835 181
65-09440 UH-1C Jan 1966 Jul 1970 Mar 1971 1647 2050 403
65-09492 UH-1C Mar 1966 Aug 1970 Feb 1971 1521 1783 262
65-09534 UH-1C Apr 1966 Nov 1968 Apr 1970 1126 1801 675
65-09554 UH-1C May 1966 Mar 1968 Oct 1968 1155 1330 175
65-09557 UH-1C May 1966 May 1969 Feb 1970 995 1409 414
65-12772 UH-1C Jun 1966 Jun 1969 Apr 1970 870 1359 489
66-00492 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Jan 1968 3 728 725
66-00497 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Jul 1968 44 1066 1022
66-00498 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Jul 1968 141 985 844
66-00503 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Feb 1967 0 85 85
66-00504 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Dec 1967 67 706 639
66-00508 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Sep 1968 56 1147 1091
66-00510 UH-1C Jun 1966 Oct 1966 Apr 1968 114 1099 985
66-00544 UH-1C Jul 1966 Aug 1969 Jun 1970 1772 2444 672
66-00588 UH-1C Sep 1966 Aug 1968 Aug 1970 1011 2121 1110
66-00643 UH-1C Oct 1966 Jun 1968 Dec 1968 690 972 282
66-00650 UH-1C Oct 1966 Jan 1967 May 1967 9 319 310
66-00652 UH-1C Oct 1966 Jan 1967 Feb 1968 0 679 679
66-00713 UH-1C Dec 1966 Jul 1969 Feb 1970 526 904 378
66-00738 UH-1C Jan 1967 Jan 1969 Oct 1969 903 1318 415
66-00739 UH-1C Jan 1967 Jun 1969 Dec 1969 904 1156 252
66-06643 UH-1C Jul 1968 0 0 0
66-09534 UH-1C Mar 1969 0 0 0
66-15006 UH-1C Jan 1967 Jun 1968 May 1969 449 732 283
66-15012 UH-1C Feb 1967 Dec 1968 May 1969 686 935 249
66-15080 UH-1C Apr 1967 Mar 1970 Dec 1970 1300 1926 626
66-15088 UH-1C Apr 1967 Oct 1968 Apr 1969 293 554 261
66-15141 UH-1C May 1967 Jul 1967 Dec 1968 0 823 823
66-15142 UH-1C May 1967 Jul 1968 Nov 1968 197 319 122
63-12999 UH-1D Nov 1964 Oct 1967 Dec 1967 1414 1602 188
64-13528 UH-1D Jan 1965 Oct 1966 Jul 1967 1377 2031 654
64-13560 UH-1D Feb 1965 Oct 1966 Feb 1967 1383 1848 465
64-13563 UH-1D Feb 1965 Oct 1966 Mar 1967 1312 1726 414
64-13564 UH-1D Feb 1965 Oct 1966 Oct 1967 891 1280 389
64-13565 UH-1D Feb 1965 Oct 1966 Oct 1966 1386 1449 63
64-13568 UH-1D Feb 1965 Oct 1966 Jun 1967 1112 1728 616
64-13593 UH-1D Mar 1965 Dec 1966 Feb 1967 1342 1446 104
64-13611 UH-1D Apr 1965 Jan 1968 Apr 1968 1390 1595 205
64-13654 UH-1D May 1965 Dec 1967 Aug 1968 1214 2088 874
64-13667 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Oct 1967 1253 2230 977
64-13668 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Sep 1967 943 1883 940
64-13669 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Dec 1966 746 918 172
64-13678 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Dec 1966 1252 1414 162
64-13683 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Nov 1966 1100 1194 94
64-13684 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Sep 1967 1078 2121 1043
64-13690 UH-1D Jun 1965 Oct 1966 Aug 1967 1200 2035 835
64-13715 UH-1D Jul 1965 Oct 1966 Apr 1967 1162 1829 667
64-13796 UH-1D Sep 1965 Oct 1966 Oct 1967 897 2027 1130
65-09685 UH-1D Feb 1966 Oct 1967 Sep 1968 1425 2038 613
65-09835 UH-1D Apr 1966 Oct 1966 Feb 1967 261 740 479
65-09840 UH-1D Apr 1966 Oct 1966 May 1968 250 2070 1820
65-09859 UH-1D May 1966 Oct 1966 Jun 1968 285 2365 2080
65-09889 UH-1D May 1966 Oct 1966 Apr 1968 249 2157 1908
65-09890 UH-1D May 1966 Oct 1966 Sep 1967 285 1292 1007
65-10021 UH-1D Jul 1966 Oct 1966 Apr 1968 38 2107 2069
65-10042 UH-1D Jul 1966 Feb 1968 May 1968 1161 1662 501
65-10068 UH-1D Aug 1966 Oct 1966 Sep 1967 0 1142 1142
65-10070 UH-1D Aug 1966 Sep 1967 Jul 1968 1003 1905 902
65-12865 UH-1D Sep 1966 Oct 1967 Dec 1967 865 1180 315
66-00803 UH-1D Oct 1966 Jul 1967 Apr 1968 782 1901 1119
66-00989 UH-1D Nov 1966 Mar 1967 Jun 1968 62 2026 1964
66-01001 UH-1D Dec 1966 Feb 1968 May 1968 574 1092 518
66-01030 UH-1D Dec 1966 Mar 1967 May 1968 20 603 583
66-01031 UH-1D Dec 1966 Mar 1967 Jun 1968 68 1775 1707
66-01086 UH-1D Jan 1967 Aug 1967 May 1968 8 1036 1028
66-01145 UH-1D Jan 1967 Mar 1967 Sep 1967 9 638 629
66-01173 UH-1D Jan 1967 May 1967 Mar 1968 53 1061 1008
66-01189 UH-1D Jan 1967 Mar 1967 May 1968 8 1139 1131
66-16086 UH-1D Feb 1967 Apr 1967 Mar 1968 0 1202 1202
66-16145 UH-1D Mar 1967 Oct 1967 May 1968 0 992 992
66-16231 UH-1D Apr 1967 Jun 1967 May 1968 0 1276 1276
66-16850 UH-1D Sep 1967 Feb 1968 May 1968 11 521 510
64-13875 UH-1H Nov 1965 Jan 1969 Nov 1970 1283 3313 2030
65-15762 UH-1H Feb 1971 0 0 0
66-01085 UH-1H Jan 1967 Mar 1969 Jun 1969 1074 1585 511
66-16004 UH-1H Feb 1967 May 1970 Dec 1971 1695 2998 1303
66-16024 UH-1H Feb 1967 Aug 1970 Dec 1971 1860 2926 1066
66-16122 UH-1H Mar 1967 Jan 1971 Dec 1971 1132 1671 539
66-16210 UH-1H Mar 1967 Jan 1969 Dec 1971 29 2791 2762
66-16260 UH-1H Apr 1967 May 1968 Oct 1969 3 1886 1883
66-16303 UH-1H Apr 1967 May 1968 Jul 1969 2 1564 1562
66-16312 UH-1H Apr 1967 May 1968 Dec 1970 2 3140 3138
66-16332 UH-1H Apr 1967 May 1968 Aug 1969 2 1641 1639
66-16353 UH-1H May 1967 May 1970 May 1970 2169 2209 40
66-16453 UH-1H May 1967 Jan 1969 Dec 1970 473 2119 1646
66-16491 UH-1H Jun 1967 Jan 1971 Dec 1971 2101 2828 727
66-16663 UH-1H Jul 1967 Mar 1969 Jul 1969 840 1354 514
66-16817 UH-1H Sep 1967 Dec 1970 Dec 1970 1928 1942 14
66-16830 UH-1H Sep 1967 May 1968 Sep 1968 9 627 618
66-17133 UH-1H Dec 1967 May 1968 Jul 1969 138 1683 1545
67-17269 UH-1H Feb 1968 Jun 1970 Feb 1971 1541 2377 836
67-17313 UH-1H Mar 1968 Oct 1968 Feb 1969 128 689 561
67-17364 UH-1H Mar 1968 Aug 1969 Nov 1970 749 2398 1649
67-17408 UH-1H Apr 1968 May 1968 Dec 1970 0 2446 2446
67-17413 UH-1H Apr 1968 Jun 1968 Aug 1970 2 3003 3001
67-17414 UH-1H Apr 1968 May 1968 Oct 1970 1 3072 3071
67-17416 UH-1H Apr 1968 May 1968 Feb 1969 2 1011 1009
67-17418 UH-1H Apr 1968 May 1968 Oct 1968 0 576 576
67-17494 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Jun 1969 0 886 886
67-17497 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Apr 1970 0 2274 2274
67-17517 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Dec 1968 0 839 839
67-17520 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Oct 1970 0 3071 3071
67-17522 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Oct 1969 2 1796 1794
67-17528 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Jul 1970 0 2788 2788
67-17546 UH-1H May 1968 Jun 1968 Oct 1970 0 3144 3144
67-17728 UH-1H Aug 1968 Sep 1968 Jan 1969 0 694 694
67-17783 UH-1H Sep 1968 Aug 1969 Dec 1970 871 2714 1843
68-15225 UH-1H Dec 1968 Jan 1969 Mar 1970 0 1245 1245
68-15227 UH-1H Dec 1968 Jan 1969 Apr 1971 0 2637 2637
68-15264 UH-1H Dec 1968 Jan 1969 Aug 1969 0 910 910
68-15298 UH-1H Jan 1969 Feb 1969 Nov 1969 0 899 899
68-15322 UH-1H Jan 1969 Mar 1971 Jun 1971 1325 1622 297
68-15626 UH-1H May 1969 Dec 1970 Dec 1971 1378 2028 650
68-15629 UH-1H May 1969 Mar 1970 May 1970 615 875 260
68-15742 UH-1H Jun 1969 Mar 1971 Dec 1971 1336 1920 584
68-16100 UH-1H Jul 1969 Aug 1969 Apr 1970 0 957 957
68-16201 UH-1H Aug 1969 Sep 1969 Apr 1970 0 866 866
68-16212 UH-1H Sep 1969 Sep 1969 Jun 1970 0 1020 1020
68-16219 UH-1H Aug 1969 Sep 1969 Dec 1971 0 1996 1996
68-16284 UH-1H Sep 1969 Oct 1969 Feb 1970 0 451 451
68-16383 UH-1H Oct 1969 Nov 1969 Apr 1971 0 1813 1813
68-16405 UH-1H Oct 1969 Nov 1969 Dec 1971 0 1955 1955
68-16412 UH-1H Oct 1969 May 1970 Jun 1970 173 463 290
68-16426 UH-1H Nov 1969 Dec 1969 Dec 1971 0 2226 2226
68-16496 UH-1H Nov 1969 Jan 1971 Sep 1971 692 1352 660
68-16544 UH-1H Dec 1969 May 1971 Sep 1971 897 1190 293
69-15301 UH-1H Apr 1970 Jan 1971 Sep 1971 299 884 585
69-15357 UH-1H May 1970 Jul 1970 Mar 1971 0 554 554
69-15358 UH-1H May 1970 Jun 1970 Feb 1971 0 1021 1021
69-15375 UH-1H May 1970 Jul 1970 Jul 1970 0 48 48
69-15376 UH-1H May 1970 Jul 1970 Sep 1971 0 837 837
69-15501 UH-1H Jul 1970 Aug 1970 Sep 1971 0 1497 1497
69-15568 UH-1H Jul 1970 Sep 1970 Aug 1971 0 1037 1037
69-15746 UH-1H Oct 1970 Jul 1971 Oct 1971 575 828 253
69-15759 UH-1H Oct 1970 Jan 1971 Jun 1971 158 505 347
69-15761 UH-1H Oct 1970 Nov 1970 Sep 1971 0 869 869
69-15762 UH-1H Oct 1970 Nov 1970 Jun 1971 0 675 675
69-15770 UH-1H Oct 1970 Nov 1970 Sep 1971 0 902 902
69-15826 UH-1H Nov 1970 Jan 1971 Apr 1971 60 162 102
69-16723 UH-1H Feb 1971 May 1971 Aug 1971 94 270 176
70-15870 UH-1H May 1971 Jul 1971 Aug 1971 23 161 138
64-14117 UH-1M Sep 1965 Jan 1971 Dec 1971 1795 2331 536
65-09510 UH-1M Apr 1966 Mar 1970 Dec 1971 1688 2779 1091
65-09559 UH-1M May 1966 Aug 1970 Dec 1971 1555 2302 747
66-00625 UH-1M Oct 1966 Sep 1970 Dec 1971 1957 2453 496
66-00678 UH-1M Nov 1966 Jan 1970 Dec 1971 1468 2520 1052
66-01625 UH-1M Jul 1971 0 0 0
66-15060 UH-1M Mar 1967 Nov 1969 Dec 1971 912 2135 1223
66-15128 UH-1M May 1967 Mar 1971 Dec 1971 1950 2433 483
Total number of aircraft shown: 153 Total hours flown: 137,824