135th Assault Helicopter Company (AHC). A unique unit in Vietnam, consisting of 50% United States ...

Accession Number P04658.458
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Gibbons, Denis Stanley
Place made Vietnam: South Vietnam
Date made 31 August 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

135th Assault Helicopter Company (AHC). A unique unit in Vietnam, consisting of 50% United States Army pilots and 50% Royal Australian Navy pilots, air crew and ground staff. The 135th AHC operated with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF) Diggers.