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OH-6A "LOH" Cayuse

see OH-6A Tail Numbers.....also see "Hard Core" - LOH 1968 by Charlie Rice, Little Bird Minigun, LOH Door Gun, 40MM

The Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (nicknamed "Loach", after the requirement acronym LOH—Light Observation Helicopter) is a single-engine light helicopter with a four-bladed main rotor used for personnel transport, escort and attack missions, and observation. Hughes Helicopters also developed the Model 369 as a civilian helicopter, and the Hughes Model 500, currently produced by MD Helicopters as the MD 500 (Wikipedia)

Note: There were 1,422 OH-6A's built for the war; 964 were lost; 233 pilots & 251 crewmen were KIA (VHPA)

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