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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1S Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-15054 US
    Construction Number:20588
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1S sn 68-15054 US cn 20588
    Latest Owner or Location:Vietnam Memorial of Big Spring, Big Spring, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1968

    Constructed as an AH-1 with s/n 68-15054 US.

    Circa August 1972


    Photographer: Scott Barnes
    Notes: Two photos of 68-15054 when assigned to Troop F, 8th US Cavalry in Vietnam. Photo taken at Chu Lai. Aircraft Commander WO-1 Neal F. Thompson.

    Circa August 1972


    Photographer: Scott Barnes

    1982


    Photographer: Robert Sullivan
    Notes: Winter of 1982 possibly 1981 in Illeshiem West Germany. I was a crew chief on 054 at this time.

    Converted to an AH-1S.

    By July 2003

    To Vietnam Memorial of Big Spring, Big Spring, TX.
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    2009


    Photographer: Sid Nanson

    3 August 2018


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: In Big Spring, TX.

    3 August 2018


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: In Big Spring, TX.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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