Vietnam helicopter pilot life expectancy. Over 5,000 US helicopters were destroyed and nearly 5,000 US helicopter We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 1. Despite what you’ve seen Average life expectancy for a helicopter pilot in Vietnam was only 4 weeks. EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED TO KNOW IN LIFE I LEARNED AS A HELICOPTER PILOT IN VIETNAM. 1966) is shown manning his duty position on a UH-1B/C helicopter gunship, with a bungee cord securing his M60 machine gun to the aircraft cabin doorway. Out of the 7,013 UH-1 Huey helicopters deployed to Vietnam, 5,086 were shot down (72%). i was told by 2 diff vietnam vets the the average life expectancy of those gunners was about 18 min from take off Papa-Echo-64 January 6, 2006, 2:54pm 3 Full episode on our YouTube channel. Being a helicopter pilot in Vietnam was one of the most dangerous jobs in the military at the time. 3 more life-years for Korean In fact, the average life expectancy of a helicopter pilot and crew in Vietnam was just 30 days; during a major battle or when flying into or out 37 likes, 0 comments - steelebarrelbbqcompany on June 16, 2024: "The life expectancy for helicopter pilots in Vietnam was around 30 days. The conventional RE: Life-expectancy of pilots during war I don't know about pilots, but my father was in a paradrop medical battlaion, RAMC and he had the job of being 'chuted behind the lines, and A difference in life expectancy of more than 5 years longer was found for our sample of retired airline cockpit crew members.