Rotorcraft
U.S. Army Retires Bell TH-67 Trainers
The Bell 206 derivative served as the U.S. Army's primary training helicopter since 1993.
The U.S. Army's last operational Bell TH-67 Creek training helicopters receives a water cannon salute during the type's retirement ceremony earlier this week at Fort Rucker in Alabama. It had served as the service's primary rotorcraft trainer for nearly three decades before being supplanted by the UH-72A Lakota.
The U.S. Army's last operational Bell TH-67 Creek training helicopters receives a water cannon salute during the type's retirement ceremony earlier this week at Fort Rucker in Alabama. It had served as the service's primary rotorcraft trainer for nearly three decades before being supplanted by the UH-72A Lakota.

The U.S. Army retired its last Bell TH-67 “Creek” primary training helicopter at a ceremony this week at Fort Rucker, Alabama. A derivative of the Bell 206, the TH-67 fleet grew to 181 aircraft and was employed by the service between 1993 and 2020. Army TH-67s logged more than 1.9 million hours and trained more than 25,000 students.