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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:69-17049 US
    Construction Number:20777
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 69-17049 US cn 20777
    Latest Owner or Location:Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1G.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-17049.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 157232 and operated with these markings: 68-17049.
    Army serial number left on tail.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-17049.

    Circa 1981

    Converted to an AH-1S (Modernized).

    1988

    Redesignated as AH-1F.

    From By August 1990 to After April 1992

    Transferred to B Troop 1st Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

    From August 1990 to April 1991

    Deployed to Iraq for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

    By 1997

    Transferred to 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment (ARNG), Waterloo, IA.

    7 June 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By April 1998

    Transferred to 1st Battalion, 113th Cavalry Regiment (ARNG), Waterloo, IA.

    By May 2002

    Transferred to Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY.
    Only hulk remains.
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     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
    Internet Sources
     Helis.com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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