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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1J Sea Cobra
    Last Military Serial:157784 USN
    Construction Number:26028
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1J sn 157784 USN cn 26028
    Latest Owner or Location:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1J.

    31 October 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 157784.

    13 August 1971

    Transferred to NARF North Island.

    16 May 1972

    Transferred to HMA-369, USS Denver.

    9 January 1973

    Transferred to VMO-6, Futema.

    8 February 1973

    Transferred to HMA-369, USS Dubuque.

    19 July 1973

    Transferred to HMM-164, USS New Orleans.

    30 November 1973

    Transferred to HMH-462, Futema.

    22 June 1974

    Transferred to HMA-369, USS Dubuque.

    28 July 1975

    Transferred to HMM-165, Futema.

    30 May 1976

    Transferred to HMA-369, Futema.

    4 February 1977

    Transferred to HMA-169, Camp Pendleton.

    11 September 1978

    Transferred to HMM-165, USS Okinawa.

    4 April 1979

    Transferred to HMA-169, Camp Pendleton.

    11 April 1979

    Transferred to HMA-369, Camp Pendleton.

    14 April 1982

    Transferred to H and MS 39, Camp Pendleton.

    17 June 1982

    Transferred to HMT-303, Camp Pendleton.

    By 13 March 1993

    To Historical Foundation/Museum, El Toro MCAS (formerly), El Toro, CA.
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    Circa 1994


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA.

    By July 1999

    To Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, CA.
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    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    31 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California
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