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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:70-15993 US
    Construction Number:20937
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 70-15993 US cn 20937
    Latest Owner or Location:Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 70-15993.

    Circa 1981

    Converted to an AH-1S (Modernized).

    1988

    Redesignated as AH-1F.

    By October 1997

    Transferred to 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment (ARNG), Azusa, CA.

    By 21 May 2001

    Assigned to Fort Drum, NY for storage.

    By December 2002

    To Kenosha Military Museum, Kenosha, WI.

    22 May 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Kenosha Military Museum on a very rainy day. The museum moved south across the Illinois border to become Russell Military Museum.

    October 2007

    To Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    16 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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