Fort Rucker Alabama, Army Aviation Museum

Our last stop, before heading home.  Cliff attended flight school at Fort Rucker in 1969.  He started his fixed wing training at Fort Stewart, then finished fixed wing at Fort Rucker where he graduated.  He then transitioned into rotary (helicopter).  After getting his wings, we were sent to Hunter Army Air Field in Savannah for Cobra training.  All pilot trainees were on orders for Viet Nam as soon as their schooling was complete.

 

The famous Bird Dog was what the Army used when Cliff finished his fixed wing training. 

Hueys were used extensively in Viet Nam.  Cliff flew them for a short time after he arrived in Viet Nam and then transitioned into the LOH  (low observation helicopter).
He trained in the Cobra below, but never flew them in Viet Nam.

This OH 13 Bell helicopter was used for the first phase of rotary training.

During the last 9 months (of the year to the day) Cliff was in Nam he flew the LOH below.