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The Army applied the Cobra name to its AH-1G designation for the helicopter. [9] The Bell 209 demonstrator was used for the next six years to test weapons and fit of equipment. An additional use for the demonstrator was participating in marketing initiatives. [4] It was also modified to match the AH-1 production standard by the early 1970s.
English: Camp Eagle, Vietnam. Members of the 101st Airborne Division, examine a damaged AH-1G Cobra gunship at El Toro Pad. The damage was caused by an enemy rocket ...
The AH-1 Cobra was developed in the mid-1960s as an interim gunship for the U.S. Army for use during the Vietnam War. The Cobra shared the proven transmission, rotor system, and the Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine of the prolific UH-1 "Huey" utility helicopter. [2] By June 1967, the first AH-1G HueyCobras had been delivered.
It was June 18, 1968, and then-1st Lt. Taylor and his copilot had been called out in their AH-1G Cobra helicopter to rescue a four-man long-range reconnaissance patrol team who were pinned down by ...
AH-J Sea Cobra AH-1E (ECAS) Enhanced Cobra Armament System. 78-23063 – Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5327 in Wentzville, Missouri. [citation needed] AH-1F. 66-15309 – Veterans Administration Medical Center, Walsenburg, Colorado. [citation needed] 66-15316 – Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. [citation ...
Mortar impacts near two AH-1G Cobra helicopters from HMLA-367, Khe Sanh Combat Base. At midday on 23 March the last ARVN units had crossed the border and reached the forward positions of U.S. units in South Vietnam. Due to the PAVN armored threat the U.S. 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment was moved to the border to engage any PAVN tanks ...
AH-1G damaged by rocket fire at El Toro Pad, 4 May 1970. The base was named "Camp Eagle" when the 101st Airborne Division moved their headquarters here in March 1969. [1] The 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne was based at Camp Eagle from December 1969 until December 1971, [2]: 156 when the following units were detached and remained at the base:
Bell built 1,116 AH-1Gs for the US Army between 1967 and 1973, and the Cobras chalked up over a million operational hours in Vietnam. [ 2 ] The US Army purchased the AH-1G as an "interim type" for the "jungle fighting" role, but the Army's broader concern was the task of protecting Western Europe from the legions of Warsaw Pact armor to the east.