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Dates |
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Event |
1967 |
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Constructed as an AH-1G. |
January 1968 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-15475. |
February 1968 |
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Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, Fort Sill, OK. |
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A few internet sites using the same source show this aircraft first arrived in Vietnam in March 1967. This was obviously a typo-graphical error at the original source. |
From March 1968 to December 1971 |
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Transferred to C Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry Regiment, Vinh Long Army Airfield, South Vietnam.
Located in the Mekong Delta. |
27 July 1969 |
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Damaged.
Damaged due to weapons malfunction. |
6 February 1970 |
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Damaged.
Shot down by heavy enemy ground fire while providing armed escort for MEDEVAC helicopters, two crewmen wounded. Retrieved and repaired. |
15 April 1970 |
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Damaged.
Damaged while providing direct fire support to infantry. |
13 July 1970 |
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Damaged.
Shot down by heavy small arms fire while providing support for an armed escort mission. Retrieved and repaired. |
19 January 1971 |
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Damaged.
Severely damaged by hostile fire while providing direct escort protection to ground troops. |
6 July 1971 |
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Damaged.
Damaged by heavy ground fire on an armed escort mission. |
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This Cobra helicopter carried three personalized names during its 3 1/2 years in Vietnam: My Diane, Mar and Judy In The Sky. It accumulated 3,127 flight hours during its in-country tour. Crew members earned 5 Purple Hearts. |
December 1971 |
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Transferred to C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, South Vietnam. |
January 1972 |
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Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX. |
May 1972 |
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Transferred to Flight Detachment, Aviation Systems Command, Saint Louis, MO. |
August 1972 |
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Transferred to Supply Systems Maintenance Center, HI. |
May 1973 |
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Transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI. |
July 1973 |
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Transferred to Navy Supply Systems Maintenance Center, HI. |
From May 1974 to September 1975 |
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Transferred to 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI. |
October 1975 |
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Transferred to B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, HI. |
Circa 1980 |
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Converted to an AH-1S (Modernized). |
By April 1987 |
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Transferred to 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Germany. |
1988 |
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Redesignated as AH-1F. |
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Transferred to Tennessee Army National Guard. |
By November 1997 |
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Transferred to Mississippi Aviation Classification and Repair Depot, Gulfport, MS. |
September 2006 |
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To Veterans Memorial Park, Dixon, IL.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: Left Side: 17 C CAV TROOP, UNITED STATES ARMY, 67-15475; Right side: MARINES, 67-15475 |
9 October 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
9 October 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
2008 |
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Photographer: Andy West |
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Markings Applied: Judy in the Sky, United States Army, 15475
Previous markings on right side removed. |
12 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
12 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
