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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1S Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-15179 US
    Construction Number:20713
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1S sn 68-15179 US cn 20713
    Latest Owner or Location:Hubbard, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1968

    Constructed as an AH-1 with s/n 68-15179 US.

    July 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge.

    September 1969

    Transferred to C Troop 7th Squadron 17th Air Calvary, An Khe, Vietnam.

    5 March 1970

    Crashed.
    Crashed while flying a combat mission, injuring both pilots.

    May 1970

    Returned to US.

    June 1970

    Repaired.
    Repaired at Bell Hellicopter and returned to Vietnam for further combat.

    Converted to an AH-1S.

    October 1970

    Transferred to D 315 CAV 164AV, Vietnam.

    January 1971

    Transferred to D TRP 3 5 CAV, Vietnam.

    March 1971

    Transferred to 3 17 AC SQ C TP, Vietnam.

    March 1972

    Returned to US.

    July 1972

    Transferred to Aradmac, Corpus Christi.

    March 1973

    Transferred to HHC 1st CAV DIV, Fort Hood.

    October 1974

    Transferred to Supply DIV, Fort Hood.

    May 1975

    Transferred to NASA, Langley.

    Transferred to D Troop 3rd Squadron 5th Air Cavalry.

    2002

    To Hubbard, TX.
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    Painted in the colors of C Troop 7/17 Cav in 1970.

    26 November 2007


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    6 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Hubbard, TX, USA
    Credits
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Burger
    Sid Nanson
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