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Beechcraft RU-21A 'Ute'

Description
Notes: U-21A with army security agency ew equipment.
  Manufacturer:Beechcraft
  Base model:U-21
  Designation:RU-21
  Version:A
  Nickname:Ute
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1952-Present
  Basic role:Utility
  Modified Mission:Reconnaissance

Specifications
Not Yet Available

Known serial numbers
67-18112 / 67-18115


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
 Baltimore, MD
The RU-21A was assigned to the SEMA command out of Orlando around 1982. I worked on them in Tegucegapa, Hondorus supporting missions in El Salvadore. At the time they had a goat painted on the side with a scarf that said "Lo Mongo" or Handle it. The numbers were 112, 113, 114, and 115 that I can remember. I do remember the pilots had to enter the cockpit by an overhead escape hatch as the direction finding equipment filled the back where two Spanish speaking operators controlled the radios.
02/26/2002 @ 15:24 [ref: 4409]