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Constructed as an AH-1G-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. |
June 1968 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-15650. |
June 1968 |
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To DIR SUP/TRAN, Sharpe Army Depot, CA. |
August 1968 |
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Transferred to 388th Transportation Company, South Vietnam. |
September 1968 |
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Transferred to 2-17 CAV, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, South Vietnam. |
February 1969 |
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Transferred to D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry, South Vietnam. |
15 May 1969 |
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Damaged.
Damaged by enemy ground fire during a combat mission. |
6 June 1969 |
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Damaged.
Damaged by mortar fire while parked. |
29 July 1969 |
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Damaged.
During a visual reconnaissance mission, AH-1G 67-15650 was damaged by enemy ground fire. |
January 1970 |
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Transferred to D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam. |
3 May 1970 |
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Shot down.
During a recon for armed escort mission, AH-1G 67-15650 was attacking at 400 feet and 140 knots when it took a single 7.62MM round to the main rotor blade system. It damaged the system and both mission and flight capability were terminated. The helicopter would eventually be recovered by another helicopter. |
January 1971 |
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Transferred to F Troop, 8th CAV., 1st Air CAV. Division, Camp Holloway, South Vietnam. |
August 1972 |
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Transferred to F Troop, 4th CAV. Regiment, South Vietnam. |
February 1973 |
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Transferred to 142nd Transportation Company, South Vietnam. |
March 1973 |
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Transferred to U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM), Saint. Louis, MO. |
April 1973 |
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Loaned to NASA Langley Air Research Center, Hampton, VA. |
May 1973 |
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Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
November 1973 |
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Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Sill, OK. |
December 1973 |
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Transferred to 238th Aviation Company, 1st Army, Fort Stewart, GA. |
October 1974 |
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Base of operations changed.
Hunter Army Airfield, GA. |
April 1975 |
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Transferred to 238th Armored Company, 1st Army, Hunter AAF, GA. |
October 1975 |
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Transferred to B Troop, 2-9 CAV., 1st Army, Hunter AAF, GA. |
Circa 1988 |
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Converted to an AH-1F. |
Circa 2001 |
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To Veterans Memorial Park, Breckenridge, MN.
 View the Location Dossier |
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A plaque at the site reads: AH-1 Cobra helicopter serial number 67-15650 saw action in the Vietnam War with D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry. This aircraft was damaged on three different occasions while flying combat missions from 1968 to 1970. Two former crewmembers of Cobra 67-15650, Capt. Alvie J. Ledford and Warrant Officer William C. Pierson III, were later killed in action while flying a different aircraft. Their names appear on the side of their former aircraft to honor their sacrifice. |
25 July 2012 |
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Photographer: Mike Worrel |
19 April 2020 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
19 April 2020 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
19 April 2020 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin |
