I remember an article in SOF from 1989 by one of the first generation scout chopper pilots recounting his adventures in the OH-13 in Nam. His outfit flew in the Ia Drang engagement in 1965 and he stated baldly that the teeny green spidery bubble chopper was superior in the scout capacity to the famous OH-6 "loach" that succeeded it, because it was so much harder for the enemy to see and hit. He wrote about flying UNDER the upper-layer tree canopy and tossing grenades in NVA trenches.
I remember an article in SOF from 1989 by one of the first generation scout chopper pilots recounting his adventures in the OH-13 in Nam. His outfit flew in the Ia Drang engagement in 1965 and he stated baldly that the teeny green spidery bubble chopper was superior in the scout capacity to the famous OH-6 "loach" that succeeded it, because it was so much harder for the enemy to see and hit. He wrote about flying UNDER the upper-layer tree canopy and tossing grenades in NVA trenches.
pinz2022 5 months ago
The original awesomecopter.
peepeevagi 2 years ago