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1974 White House helicopter incident

1974 CE · North America · War

1974 White House helicopter incident
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On February 17, 1974, Robert Kenneth Preston, a private first class in the U. S. Army, took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois "Huey" helicopter from Tipton Field, Maryland, and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in a significant breach of security. Preston had enlisted in the Army to become a helicopter pilot.

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