Helicopter Featured In "The Price of Freedom" Exhibition

A Vietnam- era Huey helicopter took off from the main plant of Bell Helicopter on Feb. 10 on a journey to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The helicopter, slated to be the central artifact of the Vietnam War section of the museum's new exhibition, "The Price of Freedom," will travel to more than 20 sites across the U.S. before arriving at the museum for a March 19 donation ceremony. The Huey 65-10091 was manufactured by Bell Helicopter in 1965 for the U.S. Army and deployed to Vietnam in 1966. It served with the 173rd Assault Helicopter Company, known as "The Robin Hoods," and was shot down on January 7, 1967. After being repaired in the United States, it returned to service until