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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]
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.
The M97A1 (and possibly the M97) was fitted to the AH-1S Upgunned Cobra, the M97A2/A3 to the AH-1S Modernized Cobra (AH-1F), and the M97A4 to production AH-1Fs. [75] Other sources say that the M97A3 was refitted to AH-1E ECAS and the M97A2 was the initial armament for the AH-1S Modernized Cobra, agreeing that the M97A1 was the original fit to ...
The squadron was assigned AH-1G Cobras, many of which had seen action with Marine squadrons in Vietnam. HMA-773 relocated to NAS Atlanta, Georgia during June 1976, absorbing the personnel of HML-765 which had just been deactivated. In late 1978, HMA-773 transitioned to the twin-engine AH-1J Sea Cobra which they operated for the next fourteen years.
Mortar impacts near two AH-1G Cobra helicopters from HMLA-367, Khe Sanh Combat Base On 24 April 1970, the Squadron had all of their twenty-five aircraft in an "Up" status. This was the first time a Helicopter Squadron had attained 100% aircraft availability in Vietnam.
An AH-1F Cobra on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center AH-1G. 66-15249 - American Legion Post #255 in Croswell, Michigan. [citation needed] 66-15298 – Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island, Hawaii [33] 67-15574 – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California [34] 67-15642 – Veterans Memorial Park of Collegedale ...
English: Camp Eagle, Vietnam. Members of the 101st Airborne Division, examine a damaged AH-1G Cobra gunship at El Toro Pad. Members of the 101st Airborne Division, examine a damaged AH-1G Cobra gunship at El Toro Pad.
Bell announced the KingCobra program in January 1971. Two prototypes were built, one with a P&WC T400-CP-400 Twin Pac dual turboshaft engine system much like that used on the AH-1J, but with a stronger drivetrain allowing operation at full 1,800 shp (1,340 kW) power, and the other with a single Lycoming T55-L-7C turboshaft engine rated at 2,000 shp (1,490 kW).