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On August 13, 1969, AIDC signed an agreement with Bell to assemble 118 UH-1H for the ROC Army. Included in the work was the co-production of eighty Avco Lycoming T53-L-13B turboshaft engines for these helicopters, which AIDC shared 23.7% of the work. To accomondate the engine production, AIDC established the Jiehshou No. 2 Factory in 1972. The first UH-1H was rolled out on December 14, 1970 and the last one was completed in 1976.

In addition to being used for troop transportation, A number of ROCA UH-1H had been locally fitted with 2.75-in rocket launchers to provide gunship capabilities before the Army acquired the AH-1W. The UH-1H have also been instrumental in disaster relief missions. In the wake of the earthquake on September 21, 1999, these venerable helicopters were used extensively in medical evacuation and dropping relief supplies. One UH-1H crashed after returning from a disaster relief mission; fortunately, the three on board were safe.

The UH-1H have also played an important role in Taiwan's diplomacy. They have been given away to Taiwan's alliances to strengthen their ties with Taiwan. A list of such transfers are as follows:

  • Panama: Five UH-1H were donated to Panama's police in 1997 to be used for counter-narcotics activities and patrols along Panama's border with Colombia.
  • Paraguay: When Paraguayan President Luis Angel Gonzalez Macchi made a state visit to Taiwan in 1999, the Taiwan government promised to donate six UH-1H to Paraguay. The first two helicopters were presented to Paraguay's military in a ceremony attended by ROCA Commander-in-Chief General Cheng-hsiang Chen in March 2001. The third and fourth UH-1H were delivered in January 2002.
  • Macedonia: In 2000, Taiwan announced that it is going to donate one UH-1H to the Macedonian Air Force,although the Taiwan Government later changed the decision and instead donated US 5 million to the Macedonian Government that was used for buying one new Bell 412.
  • Malawi: During the visit of President Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika of the Republic of Malawi to Taiwan in January 2005, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan would donate four "de-militarized" UH-1H to Malawi "to maintain law and order".

In 2002, around twenty UH-1H were transferred from the ROCA, along with the three Boeing 234MLR, to the new airborne firefighting unit established under the auspice of the National Fire Administration. Prior to the transfer, Wire Strike Protection Systems (WSPS), made of the upper and lower wire cutters and the windshield deflector, were installed on these UH-1H by Tainan-based Air Asia. The Army also opted to fitted some of its own UH-1H with the same modifications.

Fleet Images

UH-1H 301. 301 UH-1H 314. 314 UH-1H 316. 316 UH-1H 329. 329
UH-1H 331. 331 UH-1H 350. 350 UH-1H 353. 353 UH-1H 354. 354
UH-1H 357. 357 UH-1H 359. 359 UH-1H 360. 360 UH-1H 364. 364
UH-1H 368. 368 UH-1H 370. 370 UH-1H 379. 379 UH-1H 382. 382
UH-1H 386. 386 UH-1H 390 (Photo by Jason Tu). 390 (Photo by Jason Tu) UH-1H 394. 394 UH-1H 395. 395
UH-1H 401. 401 UH-1H 411. 411 UH-1H 413. 413 UH-1H 414. 414
UH-1H 424. 424

Fleet Information

ROCA Ser. No. AIDC Ser. No. Remark
301 59-2001 1. Transferred to NFA as NFA901 12/28/01.
2. Crashed 03/01/03.
302 xx-2002
303 xx-2003
304 xx-2004
305 xx-2005
306 60-2006
307 6x-2007
308 6x-2008
309 6x-2009
310 6x-2010
311 6x-2011
312 6x-2012
313 61-2013
314 61-2014
315 61-2015
316 61-2016
317 61-2017
318 61-2018
319 61-2019
320 61-2020
321 61-2021 With wire cutters
322 6x-2022
323 6x-2023
324 6x-2024
325 6x-2025
326 6x-2026
327 6x-2027 Crashed 12/27/74
328 6x-2028
329 6x-2029
330 6x-2030
331 62-2031
332 62-2032
333 62-2033
334 62-2034
335 62-2035
336 62-2036
337 62-2037
338 62-2038
339 62-2039
340 62-2040
341 62-2041
342 62-2042
343 62-2043 Crashed 09/24/99
344 62-2044
345 62-2045
346 62-2046
347 62-2047 Crashed 12/27/74
348 62-2048
349 62-2049
350 62-2050
351 6x-2051
352 6x-2052
353 6x-2053
354 63-2054
355 63-2055
356 63-2056
357 63-2057
358 63-2058
359 63-2059
360 63-2060
361 63-2061
362 63-2062
ROCA Ser. No. AIDC Ser. No. Remark
363 63-2063
364 63-2064
365 63-2065
366 63-2066
367 63-2067
368 63-2068
369 63-2069
370 63-2070
371 63-2071
372 63-2072
373 63-2073
374 63-2074
375 63-2075
376 6x-2076
377 6x-2077
378 6x-2078
379 64-2079
380 64-2080
381 64-2081
382 64-2082
383 64-2083
384 64-2084
385 64-2085
386 64-2086 With wire cutters
387 64-2087
388 64-2088
389 64-2089
390 64-2090 With wire cutters
391 64-2091
392 64-2092
393 64-2093
394 64-2094 With wire cutters
395 6x-2095
396 6x-2096
397 6x-2097
398 6x-2098
399 65-2099
400 65-2100
401 65-2101 With wire cutters
402 65-2102
403 65-2103
404 65-2104 Crashed 08/05/01
405 65-2105
406 65-2106
407 65-2107
408 65-2108
409 65-2109
410 65-2110
411 65-2111
412 65-2112
413 65-2113
414 65-2114
415 6x-2115 w/o 1977
416 6x-2116
417 6x-2117
418 6x-2118
419 69-2119 1. Built by Bell
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
420 69-2120 1. Built by Bell as UH-1H 69-16677.
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
421 69-2121 1. Built by Bell as UH-1H 69-16671.
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
4. With wire cutters.
422 69-2122 1. Built by Bell as UH-1H 69-16672.
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
423 69-2123 1. Built by Bell.
2. Former ROCAF 9511.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
424 69-2124 1. Built by Bell as UH-1H 69-16678.
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.
4. With wire cutters.
425 69-2125 1. Built by Bell
2. To ROCAF for SAR mission 1970.
3. Transferred to ROCA 1986.

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