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All snakes shed their skin and after 34 years, the Marines have shed their former primary attack helicopter, the AH-1W Super Cobra, which saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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How The AH-1 Cobra Is Still In Service

The AH-1 Cobra has now been in service across 6 decades. But there is a stark difference between the AH-1Z Viper of the early ...
Before the AH-64 Apache became the might of the skies for Army Aviation, another aircraft was paving the way for the Army's modern attack helicopter fleet.
The AH-1 Cobra is an attack helicopter that started service for the United States Army during the Vietnam War. It's closely related to the UH-1 Huey.
The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra helicopter will forever go down in history for its influence on modern attack helicopters that the U.S. military uses today.
The U.S. Marines have fully retired the AH-1W Super Cobra, or the “Whiskey Cobra.” The replacement, the AH-1Z Viper, is also known as the “Zulu.” The two helicopters are similar, but the ...
The Cobra is a twin-blade, single-engine attack helicopter that is essentially a repackaged UH-1 Huey, said the museum curator. It was born out of a need for a dedicated gunship.
The AH-1 Cobra’s performance in Grenada underscored its value as a flexible and lethal platform in low-intensity conflicts.
The iconic Super Cobra, descendant of the Vietnam era AH-1 Cobra, flew for the first time in 1983 as AH-1T+ and was introduced into service three years later.
The Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter was one of the aircraft on display at last weekend's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Power in the Pines" Open House and Air Show, May 5 and 6.
An initial evaluation of a Longbow radar installation for the Bell AH-1 Super Cobra indicates it is possible to integrate the radar with other sensors on the attack helicopter.
The Army's AH-1 Cobra was America's first attack helicopter that Bell created off the back of the UH-1 Huey. It has undergone multiple upgrades.