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The Bell AH-1 Cobra is a single-engined attack helicopter developed and manufactured by the American rotorcraft manufacturer Bell Helicopter. A member of the prolific Huey family , the AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake .
An AH-1T Sea Cobra launching from the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima, July 1985. In the early 1980s, the Marine Corps sought a new navalized helicopter; accordingly, it evaluated the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over a two-week period in September 1981, which included shipboard operation tests. Furthermore, various concepts were ...
The Cobra family developments after the AH-1G and AH-1J variants were connected to the Bell 309. [ 7 ] Based on the Model 309 and AH-1 Cobra, Bell derived a new prototype attack helicopter, the Model 409/YAH-63 , for the Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) competition beginning in 1972. [ 3 ]
The further-developed Cobra 2000 proposal included the General Electric T700 engine and a four-blade rotor. While Bell's proposal did generate some interest within the US Marine Corps, funding was not forthcoming to pursue its development at that time. During 1993, Bell opted to enter an AH-1W-based variant for the UK's new attack helicopter ...
An OH-6A and two AH-1G Cobra helicopters flying a reconnaissance mission near Phuoc Vinh, c. 1970. It became common for OH-6s to operate in teams with other rotorcraft, particularly the Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter. This teamwork was actively encouraged by Army officials, and led to the development of so-called "hunter-killer" tactics that ...
In aerobatics, the cobra maneuver (or just the cobra), also called dynamic deceleration, [1] among other names (see Etymology), is a dramatic and demanding maneuver in which an airplane flying at a moderate speed abruptly raises its nose momentarily to a vertical and slightly past vertical attitude, causing an extremely high angle of attack and making the plane into a full-body air brake ...
On 29 October 2009 a US Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft with seven crewmembers collided with an HMLA-469 AH-1 Cobra helicopter with two crewmembers 15 mi (24 km) east of San Clemente Island. Both aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean and all nine crewmembers in both aircraft were killed. [ 4 ]
Bell AH-1J International Cobra The IAIO Toufan or Toophan ( Persian : توفان ) is series of combat helicopters by the Iran Aviation Industries Organization . Based on the US-built AH-1J SeaCobra , the Toufan has two variants, the Toufan I unveiled in May 2010 and the improved Toufan II unveiled in January 2013.