Bell CH-135 Twin Huey

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• A Twin Huey fires a sequence of infrared decoy flares. Flares provide an optimum target for infrared (heat seeking) missiles. The Twin Huey has a gross weight of 10,000 lbs and a top speed of 121 mph.

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• A Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter (UTTH), the Twin Huey could load up to 11 fully armed troops into the back or could sling up to 2,900 pounds. The Aircraft's taskings included moving troops and equipment to forward areas and casualty evacuation.

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• Rappelling from a hovering helicopter is one of the fastest methods to deploy troops to a forward location, especially if the terrain does not allow the chopper to land.

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• A pair of CH -135 Twin Hueys touch down in the landing zone. The Twin Huey is considered one of the finest utility tactical transport helicopters in the world.

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• The Kiowa and Twin Huey, seen here against a backdrop of British Columbia's Rocky Mountains, made up the backbone of the Air Force's 10 Tactical Air Group and were used primarily to support Army operations. Both Aircraft have been phased out as the Air Force receives more of its replacement tactical helicopter, the Bell CH-146 Griffon.

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• CH-135 Twin Hueys provided the Canadian Forces with the capabilities for tactical transport, VIP transport, search and rescue, drug interdiction and aid-to-civil-power. They have been used extensively on United Nations peacekeeping missions in Central America, Somalia and Haiti. This Twin Huey is on final approach to Belet Huen in Somalia, carrying a load of infantry.

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• A CH-135 hovers over the New Brunswick shoreline. Twin Hueys were primarily used to support the Canadian Army in bases such as Petawawa, Ontario; Valcartier, Quebec; and Gagetown, New Brunswick.

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• A rescue paint scheme Twin Huey of 417 (City of Windsor) Combat Support Squadron out from CFB Cold Lake hovers in the background. It has just delivered a spent Air Launched Cruise Missle from its impact site on the base's vast Air Weapons Ranges to the Primrose Lake Evaluation Range base site, where it was recovered by the U.S. This was the original test missle launched in the early 1980s from a U.S. B-52 bomber in the Barents Sea.

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• A Special Service Force Twin Huey offloads its complement of troops. Introduced in 1971, the Twin Huey was primarily used in support of Army field forces. It was flown by the mixed Twin Huey/Kiowa Tactical Helicopter Squadrons of 10 Tactical Air Group (10 TAG).

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• Twin Huey 135104 served with 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron out of CFB Petawawa, Ontario. This 1982 photo shows it being used in conjunction with a West German Twin Huey performing it's primary role as tactical support to Army units, in this case during winter field exercises.

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• Seen here in the all-white United Nations paint scheme with the top surface of the nose painted black to reduce glare in the pilot's vision, this Twin Huey is testing a flare dispensing system designed for use in areas where there is deemed to be a threat from infrared (heat-seeking) missles.

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