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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 U.S. Marine Corps also operated the AH-1G Cobra in Vietnam for a short time before acquiring the twin-engine AH-1J Cobras. [22] The AH-1Gs had been adopted by the Marines as an interim measure, a total of 38 helicopters having been transferred from the U.S. Army to the Marines in 1969. [30] [31]
On the same day, seven members of the U.S. Army's 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion were killed in the mid-air collision of a Huey UH-1H and a Cobra AH-1G during a practice Red Alert at Fire Support Base Kathryn in the Thua Thien province of South Vietnam.
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-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:
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.
South Vietnam, An Loc: Copilot of an AH-1G #67-15836 hit by a SAM and broke in half at an altitude of 4,800 feet (1,500 m). The remains of the pilot W2 Isaac Y. Hosaka were recovered on 5 June [62] Presumptive finding of death [3] May 25: Strong, Henry H: Commander: US Navy: VA-212, USS Hancock: North Vietnam, Vinh
Six people are dead after a helicopter crashed in Logan County, West Virginia, on Wednesday, authorities said.