Nov 3, 2025 | 9SQN Second Era, 9SQN Vietnam
In April 1961, the Royal Australian Air Force ordered eight Bell Iroquois utility helicopters, designated HU-1B, from the Bell Helicopter Company in the United States. The U.S. Army later redesignated these as UH-1B. Known within the RAAF as ‘Bravos,’ these gas...
Jul 16, 2025 | 9SQN First Era
9 SQN The First Era 1925 – December 1944 The history of No. 9 Squadron RAAF and its precursor Units can be categorised into four distinct ‘eras’ of the Squadrons’ operational life: the fleet co-operation squadrons just described; the era of the Iroquois from 1962 to...
Apr 27, 2023 | 9SQN, Interviews, Royal Australian Navy
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Apr 24, 2023 | 9SQN, Army Aircraft
On 13 July 1973 an Australian Army Sioux helicopter, A1-726, was recovered from a swamp ‘well west’ of Cooktown near the west coast of the Cape York peninsula – probably somewhere between Edward River, Pormpuraaw, and Kowanyama. The recovery aircraft was...