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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:67-15491 US
    Construction Number:20155
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 67-15491 US cn 20155
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1621, Janesville, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    1967

    Constructed as an AH-1G.

    February 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-15491.

    May 1968

    Transferred to 334th Armed Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    March 1969

    Transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 44th Engineer Group, Thailand.

    April 1969

    Transferred to B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam.

    April 1972

    Transferred to Returned to US.

    July 1972

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    December 1972

    Transferred to D Troop, 7th Air Cavalry Regiment, South Korea.

    May 1973

    Transferred to 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, South Korea.

    September 1973

    Transferred to 45th Transportation Company, South Korea.

    December 1973

    Transferred to 128th Aviation Company, South Korea.

    Circa 1980

    Converted to an AH-1S (Modernized).

    By August 1988

    Transferred to Renegade Troop, 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, TX.

    Circa September 1988

    Redesignated as AH-1F.

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa February 1991

    Deployed for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

    By October 1998

    Assigned to Fort Drum, NY for storage.

    By March 2002

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1621, Janesville, WI.
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    Markings Applied: UNITED STATES ARMY, 0-15491

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    19 July 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 July 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947 by Stephen Harding GC
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Marc Del Giudice
    Sid Nanson
    Andy West
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