Editing Bell UH-1 Iroquois (section)

===U.S. Navy===
[[File:US Navy 031209-N-9964S-018 Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Nate Gooding climbs into an HH-1M Huey.jpg|thumb|HH-1 Huey on exercises in 2003]]
The [[United States Navy|US Navy]] acquired a number of surplus UH-1B helicopters from the U.S. Army, these rotorcraft were modified into gunships, outfitted with special gun mounts and radar altimeters. They were known as ''Seawolves'' in service with Navy Helicopter Attack (Light) (HA(L)-3). UH-1C helicopters were also acquired during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.seawolf.org/aircraft/aircraft.asp |title= Navy Seawolves |publisher= seawolf.org |access-date= 3 March 2012 |archive-date= 21 September 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100921065701/http://www.seawolf.org/aircraft/aircraft.asp |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://combatsar.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Combatsar |title= History of US Navy Combat Search and Rescue |access-date= 12 November 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110708180137/http://combatsar.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Combatsar |archive-date= 8 July 2011 |url-status= live}}</ref> The Seawolves worked as a team with Navy river patrol operations.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.blackpony.org/pressrel.html |title= River Patrol Force |publisher= Navy News Release |date= 1969 |access-date= 3 March 2012 |archive-date= 16 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716201553/http://www.blackpony.org/pressrel.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Four years after the disestablishment of [[Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Three|HA(L)-3]], the Navy determined that it still had a need for gunships, establishing two new Naval Reserve Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadrons as part of the newly formed Commander, Helicopter Wing Reserve (COMHELWINGRES) in 1976. [[Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Five|Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Five (HA(L)-5)]], nicknamed the "Blue Hawks", was established at [[Naval Air Station Point Mugu]], California on 11 June 1977 and its sister squadron, Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Four (HA(L)-4), known as the [[HSC-84|Red Wolves]], was formed at [[Naval Station Norfolk|Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia]] on 1 July 1976.<ref name=blue>{{cite web |url= http://bluehawksofhal-5.org/ |title= BLUEHAWKS of HAL-5 |work= bluehawksofhal-5.org |access-date= 10 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150108202616/http://www.bluehawksofhal-5.org/ |archive-date= 8 January 2015 |url-status= live}}</ref>

The last regular Navy Huey's, HH-1's for search and rescue were retired in 2009 and replaced by H-60 Seahawks,<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Navy retires the Huey {{!}} Shephard |url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-helicopter/us-navy-retires-the-huey/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.shephardmedia.com}}</ref> and the last Marine Corp UH-1N were retired in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jennings |first=Gareth |date=4 September 2014 |title=UH-1N 'Huey' retired from USMC service |url=http://www.janes.com/article/42729/uh-1n-huey-retired-from-usmc-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222521/http://www.janes.com/article/42729/uh-1n-huey-retired-from-usmc-service |archive-date=6 December 2014 |work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly}}</ref>