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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1J Sea Cobra
    Last Military Serial:159210 USMC
    Construction Number:26050
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1J sn 159210 USMC cn 26050
    Latest Owner or Location:Patriots Point Naval and Marine Museum (USS Yorktown), Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1J.

    30 April 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 159210.

    30 April 1974

    Transferred to Usaacom FORT WORTH.

    28 June 1974

    Transferred to NATC RDTE PTXNT RIVER.

    18 August 1974

    Transferred to HMA-169 CAMP Pendleton.

    10 June 1977

    Transferred to HMA-369 CAMP Pendleton.

    1 September 1977

    Transferred to HMA-169 CAMP Pendleton.

    1 June 1978

    Transferred to HMA-369 CAMP Pendleton.

    11 February 1982

    Transferred to HML-367 CAMP Pendleton.

    1 November 1982

    Transferred to HMA-369 Futenma.

    24 October 1983

    Transferred to HML-267 CAMP Pendleton.

    25 October 1984

    Transferred to HML-367 CAMP Pendleton.

    April 1995

    To Patriots Point Naval and Marine Museum (USS Yorktown), Mount Pleasant, Charleston, SC.
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    By 22 May 2001


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC.

    12 May 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    13 December 2022


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup
    Notes: On display at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.
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