U.S. Army (USA) NTC (National Training Center), California, October 1987. USA photo by Sergeant First Class Carrasco.
Before the U.S. Army could get its hands on a real Mil 24 Hind-D, it had to ‘fake it’ using the old UH-1H (improved D model) Iroquois (Huey). The Huey-Hind was also known as the JUH-1 Sokol (not to be confused with the JUH-1H SOTAS [Stand Off Target Acquisition System]).
October 1985, NTC (Fort Irwin), California. USA photo by Mary Jacobs.
The U.S. Army propagandists tried and tried to convince everybody that their OpFor (Opposing Forces) Huey looked like a Mi-24 Hind-D.
October 1985, NTC (Fort Irwin), California. USA photo by Mary Jacobs.
The launch rails look more like what you would see on a Mil 8/17 Hip.
February 1987, Fort Irwin, California. USA photo by Donna Fulghum.
NTC, October 1987. USA photo by Sergeant First Class Carrasco.
Even in the air the Huey-Hind still looks like a Huey.
Fort Irwin, California, March 1988. USA photo.
JUH-1 Sokol photo via NTC Aviation Company, Barstow, California.
Photo via NTC Aviation Company, Fort Irwin, California.
Video posted February 2010:
Photo via NTC Aviation Company, Barstow, California.
Photo via NTC Aviation Company, Barstow, California.
Video posted in November 2011:
Retirement, December 2011. USA photo, Fort Irwin, California.
UH-1 Iroquois operations over Fort Irwin, California, began in 1980. Most of the Hueys were used for their usual purpose, troop transport. In December 2011, the last of the Hueys, including a former fake-news UH-1H Huey-Hind, were officially retired. Less than a handful were transferred to the U.S. Air Force.
Fake News Tank:
USAF photo by John Hamilton.
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Fake News Aircraft:
USMC photo by Sergeant A. D. Gruart, March 1986.
Cold War Paint Job: 
UH-1N IN S-E-A CAMO
Cold War Battle Damage: 
THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM