“Reaching this milestone is a culmination of thousands of hours of work by pilots, maintainers, engineers, test teams, and industry partners. It is a true team effort. The H-1s have defended warfighters for six decades, and with the integration of new capabilities, H-1s will continue to support warfighters for decades to come.”
Source: Col Vasilios Pappas, program manager PMA-276, commenting on the milestone experinced by the Bell H-1 series as it reached 400,000 hours.