This Bell OH-58C Kiowa was operated by 1-212th AVN (training) TRADOC out of LOWE AHP in Alabama. Now allocated the civil registration N390HP and her owner is the Oklahoma Department Of Public Safety.
Formerly operated by an Army National Guard unit, this VH-34C entered MASDC in Nov 1972. She has since transferred to the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, CA.
The US Army has always sought to achieve the maximum potential of Boeing-Vertol's CH-47 Chinook design. These very early CH-47A Chinooks were in store at AMARC in 1987 awaiting conversion to CH-47D or MH-47E standard.