Editing Bell UH-1 Iroquois (section)

===Australia===
[[File:7RAR soldiers board a No. 9 Squadron UH-1 during Operation Santa Fe.jpg|thumb|left|Australian soldiers boarding a RAAF UH-1D in Vietnam, 1967]]

The [[Royal Australian Air Force]] employed the UH-1H until 1989. Iroquois helicopters of [[No. 9 Squadron RAAF]] were deployed to South Vietnam in mid 1966 in support of the [[1st Australian Task Force]]. In this role they were armed with single [[M60 machine gun|M60]] doorguns. In 1969 four of No. 9 Squadron's helicopters were converted to gunships (known as 'Bushrangers'), armed with two fixed forward firing M134 7.62&nbsp;mm minigun (one each side) and a 7-round rocket pod on each side. Aircrew were armed with twin M60 flexible mounts in each door. UH-1 helicopters were used in many roles including troop transport, [[medevac]] and Bushranger gunships for armed support.<ref name="auto">Eather 1995, p. 40.</ref> [[No. 35 Squadron RAAF|No. 35 Squadron]] and [[No. 5 Squadron RAAF|No. 5 Squadron]] also operated the Iroquois in various roles through the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1982 and 1986, the squadron contributed aircraft and aircrew to the Australian helicopter detachment which formed part of the [[Multinational Force and Observers]] [[peacekeeping]] force in the [[Sinai Peninsula]], [[Egypt]].<ref name="auto"/> During 1988, the RAAF began to re-equip with [[UH-60 Blackhawk|S-70A Blackhawk]]s.<ref name="auto"/>

[[File:Bell UH-1C Iroquois at the Fleet Air Arm Museum February 2015.jpg|thumb|A retired [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) UH-1B]]
In 1989 and 1990, the RAAF's UH-1H Iroquois were subsequently transferred to the [[171st Aviation Squadron (Australia)|171st Aviation Squadron]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory]] and the [[5th Aviation Regiment (Australia)|5th Aviation Regiment]] based in [[Townsville, Queensland]] following the decision that all battlefield helicopters would be operated by the Australian Army.<ref name=Eather151>Eather 1995, pp. 150–151.</ref> On 21 September 2007, the Australian Army retired the last of their Bell UH-1s. The last flight occurred in Brisbane on that day with the aircraft replaced by [[NH-90|MRH-90]] medium helicopters and [[Eurocopter Tiger|Tiger]] armed reconnaissance helicopters.<ref>{{cite web |last= Stackpool |first= Andrew |title= 40 Years of Top Service |url= http://digital.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?xml=defencenews_army.xml&iid=38348&startpage=10&crd=0&searchKey=iroquois |work= Army |publisher= Directorate of Defence Newspapers |access-date= 28 February 2013 |location= Canberra, Australia |page= 10 |date= 22 July 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141217044108/http://digital.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?xml=defencenews_army.xml&iid=38348&startpage=10&crd=0&searchKey=iroquois |archive-date= 17 December 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref>

The [[Royal Australian Navy]]'s [[723 Squadron RAN|723 Squadron]] also operated seven UH-1B from 1964 to 1989, with three of these aircraft lost in accidents during that time.<ref>[http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a2.shtml "RAAF/Army A2/N9 Bell UH-1B/D/H Iroqois."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411114354/http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a2.shtml |date=11 April 2013}} ''ADF Serials''. Retrieved: 31 July 2012.</ref> 723 Squadron deployed Iroquois aircraft and personnel as part of the [[Experimental Military Unit]] during the Vietnam War.<ref>Australian Naval Aviation Museum (ANAM) 1998, p. 179.</ref>