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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-17085 US
    Construction Number:20813
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 68-17085 US cn 20813
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5156, Sweetwater, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1G-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa November 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-17085.

    November 1969

    Prepared for and transported to South Vietnam.

    March 1970

    To 166th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    April 1970

    Transferred to B Battery, 4-77th Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, South Vietnam.

    16 April 1970

    Damaged.
    AH-1G 68-17085 experienced a roll channel SCAS hardover while hovering out of a revetment, resulting in a hard landing that caused damage to the skids and cross tubes. The issue was traced to a roll channel sensor amplifier card that was out of zero.

    July 1970

    Transferred to D Co., 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 101st AB, Phu Bai, South Vietnam.

    April 1971

    To Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM), Saint Louis, MO.

    May 1971

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

    August 1971

    Transferred to 8th Squadron (Air CAV.), 1st Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    January 1972

    Transferred to Headquarters and HQ Co., 1st CAV., 1st Army, Fort Knox, TX.

    July 1973

    Transferred to 1st CAV. Division, 5th Army, Fort Hood, TX.

    October 1974

    Transferred to U. S. Army Depot, Corpus Christi Army Depot, TX.

    February 1975

    Transferred to Director of Supply, Corpus Christi Army Depot, TX.

    May 1975

    Transferred to Supply Divsion, 6th Army, Fort Lewis, WA.

    August 1975

    Transferred to 116th Aviation Company, 6th Army, Fort Lewis, WA.

    Converted to an AH-1F.

    By 2001

    Assigned to Fort Drum, NY for storage.

    11 December 2001

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5156, Sweetwater, TN.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Sweetwater - VFW 5156, TN, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Air History.org
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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