** To my knowledge ALL the slicks in thew 119 had cargo hooks as late as NOV 67. **
Bob, from a guy who served A LOT of time in hellholes in mid- to late-68... I do not remember a single hook in the way.
I know I never saw a Huey slingload anything.
A year was a century in those days, and we had to relearn everything every year.
Bob