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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1S (Modified) Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-15204 US
    Construction Number:20738
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1S (Modified) sn 68-15204 U...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5077, OFallon, Saint Louis, Missouri

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1G.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-15204.

    1969

    Transported by ship.
    Sent to Vietnam for combat duty with unknown units.

    September 1972

    Shot down in combat. Later recovered and repaired.

    1976

    Converted to an AH-1S (Modified).

    From By 1991 to 1996

    Transferred to 1st Squadron, 110th Cavalry Regiment (ANG), Concord, MA.

    June 1996

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5077, OFallon, Saint Louis, MO.
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    19 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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