Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps providing the Bolivian Air Force

providing the Bolivian Air Force with a modern COIN capability during a period of significant internal security concerns in South America

and retained in Army service for liaison and observation duties during the Vietnam War era

Unlike the mid-train dome cars offered by other railroads

assigned to the 357th Fighter Squadron

the McCloud River Railroad served the timber and lumber industry of Siskiyou County for over a century

Bell AH-1T 161022 US Marine Corps providing the Bolivian Air ForceThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Bell AH 1T+ Factory Demonstrator, serial 161022, associated with the United States Marine Corps. This aircraft comes with a great piece of aviation lore: when pilots from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron HX 21 arrived at the Bell factory to evaluate the AH 1T+, they flatly refused to fly it the helicopter was wearing Bell's factory demonstration scheme, and the Marines weren't having it. The aircraft had to be