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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:69-16440 US
    Construction Number:20872
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 69-16440 US cn 20872
    Latest Owner or Location:Greater Hawkins Veterans Memorial Association, Hawkins, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

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

    April 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-16440.

    By July 1970

    To 610th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    Circa 1970

    Transferred to C Troop, 7-17th CAV., South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: Blue Ghost

    August 1970

    Transferred to F Troop, 8th CAV., Air Mobile Division, South Vietnam.

    January 1971

    Transferred to F Troop, 8th CAV., South Vietnam.

    By February 1973

    Returned to the United States.

    February 1973

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

    April 1973

    To NASA, Langley Research Center, VA.

    May 1973

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

    November 1973

    Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    December 1973

    To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    March 1974

    Transferred to Supply Division, 5th Army, Fort Knox, KY.

    April 1974

    Transferred to 120th Aviation Company, U. S. Army Alaska, Fort Richardson, AK.
    Operated with markings: ARMY
    Used for cold weather testing at Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    Converted to an AH-1F.

    By 1995

    Transferred to New Jersey Army National Guard.
    Operated with markings: NJ NG

    By 21 May 2001

    Assigned to Fort Drum, NY for storage.

    November 2005

    Placed on display with Greater Hawkins Veterans Memorial Association, Hawkins, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Hawkins Veterans Memorial Park - Bell AH-1F Huey Cobra 69-16440 preserved alongside N Beaulah Road

    By May 2020

    Restored.
    Cosmetically restored to the markings it wore while assigned to C Troop, 7-17th CAV., South Vietnam, circa 1970.

    17 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    17 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
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    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
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     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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