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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1T Improved Sea Cobra
    Last Military Serial:160817 USN
    Construction Number:26922
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1T sn 160817 USN cn 26922
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as an AH-1T.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160817.

    To Texas Air and Space Museum, Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, TX.
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    Circa 1995

    Placed on display with Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
    Only the forward fuselage survives here, no tail. It is not 160815 as on the call plate, as this is still operational with the USMC.
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    Markings Applied: 41

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Liberal Municipal, KS, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2022 by Andy Marden
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     John Bennett
    Chris Givan
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