"The Jefferson Airplane"
Helicopter 17338 "The Jefferson Airplane" served in
Vietnam from 1968-1972 with the 92nd Assault Helicopter
Company (AHC) "Stallions"' with the 190th AHC, and the
17th Calvary, A Troop, 1st Aviation Brigade
The US Army infantry units transported were the 173rd
Airborne Brigade, 101 st Airborne Division, 1st Cavalry
Division, 4th Infantry Division, 198th Light Infantry
Brigade, 199th Light Infantry Brigrade, 5th Special
Forces, and The United States Marine Corp.
Areas of Operations included Pleiku, The Central Highlands,
Dak To, Ben Het, Kontum, Ban Me Thuot, An Khe and the
entire II Corps. This included the coastal region to the
jungle plateau region near the Cambodian border. II Corps
consisted of the coastal areas, farmland, plains, and humid
triple canopy jungle and high mountains that had been
strongholds of the communists for years.
Marker is on Ellington Street (U.S. 278), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
