Mexican Express On-the-Go

Vietnam — This is the UH-1C Shark "Mexican Express" with the XM-21 minigun system. The artwork is a yellow Mexican sombrero on a red background, with the word Mexican above the sombrero and the word Express below. It looks like the Shark is "drawing a bead" on the Dolphin slick as he's taking off. (Maybe the guy in the white shirt looked like VC to them...)

Photo by Fred Thompson, 1971

Photo courtesy of 174th Assault Helicopter Company

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