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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1F Cobra
    Last Military Serial:68-17096 US
    Construction Number:20824
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1F sn 68-17096 US cn 20824
    Latest Owner or Location:Biggs AAF, El Paso, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

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

    December 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-17096.

    February 1970

    To 235th Aviation Company, South Vietnam.

    January 1971

    Transferred to 235th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    July 1971

    Transferred to C Troop, 16th Air Cav., South Vietnam.

    January 1972

    Transferred to 282nd Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    February 1972

    Transferred to 173rd Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    March 1972

    Returned to the United States.

    By July 1972

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

    January 1973

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

    February 1973

    To ARADMAC, NAS Corpus Chrisiti, TX.

    September 1973

    Transferred to 238th Aviation Company, 1st Army, Hunter AAF, GA.

    December 1973

    Base of operations changed.
    Fort Stewart, GA.

    October 1974

    Base of operations changed.
    Hunter AAF, GA.

    April 1975

    Transferred to 238th Armored Company, 1st Army, Hunter AAF, GA.

    October 1975

    Transferred to Troop B, 2-9 AIR CAV, 1st Army, Hunter AAF, GA.

    Converted to an AH-1F.

    October 2004

    Placed on display with US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum, Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX.
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    Circa 2008

    Placed on display with Biggs AAF, El Paso, TX.
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    5 September 2018


    Photographer: Luis Sanchez
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Luis Sanchez
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