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Firefighting aircraft directory/United States/Bell UH-1 Iroquois/N491DF

Aircraft reference

N491DF

EH-1H Iroquois · USDA Forest Service

Helicopter bombersUnited States
Photograph of N491DF

Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Identity

Mission
Helicopter bombers
Registration
N491DF
Mode-S address
A61420
ICAO type
UH1
Model
EH-1H Iroquois
Manufacturer
Bell
Operator
USDA Forest Service
Country of registration
United States

About the Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Water-bombing helicopter

It uses a suspended bucket or an installed tank to take water from a nearby source and place short, precise drops, including in steep or confined terrain. Depending on its configuration, it may also move crews, equipment, or rescue teams.

What this type can do

The Huey is a proven medium utility helicopter. It can carry a bucket for repeated water drops, move a small firefighting team and equipment, or perform reconnaissance and evacuation from improvised landing areas.

This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the United States military.

ICAO type · UH1

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Flight history

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Photographs

Freely licensed images are stored with this project; the rest are shown from the site that publishes them.

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez/Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Nathan Havercroft · All rights reserved · Planespotters.net

Elsewhere

Live tracking & flight history

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  • ADS-B ExchangeUnfiltered live globe, including aircraft other trackers hide.
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  • FlightAwareRegistration record and recent activity.

Photography

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  • Wikimedia CommonsFreely licensed images — the ones this sheet is allowed to host.

Registries & airframe records

  • Airframes.orgAirframe history: serial number, operators, incidents.
  • adsbdbOpen registration database, in JSON.
  • hexdb.ioMode-S address record used by the tracking community, in JSON.

Type reference

  • ICAO type UH1ICAO Doc 8643 entry: designator, wake category, engines.
Reference data assembled on August 14, 2026 from adsbdb, hexdb.io, Wikimedia Commons, Planespotters. Run pnpm fetch:aircraft --refresh to rebuild it.