Editing Bell UH-1 Iroquois (section)

===New Zealand===
[[File:RNZAF Iroquois 2009.jpg|thumb|left|A Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 3 Squadron UH-1H Iroquois, November 2009]]

The [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] had an active fleet of 13 Iroquois serving with [[No. 3 Squadron RNZAF]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/squadrons/3-squadron/3-squadron-history.htm |title= RNZAF – 3 Squadron History |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130206000656/http://airforce.mil.nz/about-us/squadrons/3-squadron/3-squadron-history.htm |archive-date= 6 February 2013 |work= Royal New Zealand Air Force |access-date= 4 September 2012}}</ref> The first delivery was five UH-1D in 1966 followed in 1970 by nine UH-1H and one more UH-1H in 1976. All of the UH-1D aircraft were upgraded to 1H specification during the 1970s. Two ex-U.S. Army UH-1H attrition airframes were purchased in 1996. Three aircraft have been lost in accidents.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/aircraft/iroquois.htm |title= RNZAF – Aircraft – UH-1H Iroquois |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130206000750/http://airforce.mil.nz/about-us/aircraft/iroquois.htm |archive-date= 6 February 2013 |url-status= live |work= Royal New Zealand Air Force |access-date= 18 October 2012}}</ref>

The RNZAF has retired the Iroquois, with the [[NHIndustries NH90]] as its replacement.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/air-force-retires-iroquois/57CUCD3WXTDPQC4GJOWZABX2YA/ |title= Air Force retires Iroquois |date= 22 September 2009 |access-date= 9 December 2021 |work= [[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref>  Eight active NH90 helicopters plus one spare have been procured. This process was initially expected to be completed by the end of 2013, but was delayed until 2016. Individual aircraft were retired as they reach their next major group servicing intervals; the UH-1H was retired as the NH90 fleet stood up.<ref name="NZNH90">{{cite web |url= http://www.airforce.mil.nz/projects/nh90.htm |title= NH90 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120211232139/http://www.airforce.mil.nz/projects/nh90.htm |archive-date= 11 February 2012 |work= Royal New Zealand Air Force |access-date= 30 January 2012}}</ref> On 21 May 2015, the remaining UH-1H fleet of six helicopters conducted a final tour of the country ahead of its planned retirement on 1 July. During 49 years of service the type had seen service in areas including the U.K., Southeast Asia, Timor, the [[Solomon Islands]], various South Pacific nations, and the Antarctic.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/rnzaf-huey-embarks-on-final-domestic-tour/116976.article |title= RNZAF Huey embarks on final domestic tour |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150610090440/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rnzaf-huey-embarks-on-final-domestic-tour-412661/ |archive-date= 10 June 2015 |work= Flightglobal |access-date= 9 December 2021 |first=Peter |last= Clark |date= 22 May 2015 |url-access= registration}}</ref>

One was preserved in the New Zealand National museum after its retirement from service in 2013, delivered to the museum in 2015; it had had been in service many decades entering RNZAF service in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bell UH-1H Iroquois |url=https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/bell-uh-1h-iroquois-nz3801/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Air Force Museum of New Zealand |language=en-NZ}}</ref>