CLARK AIR BASE, PHILIPPINES: US Marine helicoptor pilots prepare their AH-1W "Super Cobra" attack helicopter for flight operation at Clark Air Base, 04 November 2003. All snakes shed their skin and ...

The fighter jet has been constantly transforming and advancing since the very first aircraft of its type, the Messerschmitt Me 262, but it took a bit longer for a true attack helicopter to arrive. In ...

The Vietnam War brought to light the necessity of a specialized, armed aircraft to assist and supply fire support for transport helicopters in combat situations. In response, Bell Helicopter, the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: One Marine recently said the AH-1’s air-to-air role could expand, thanks to the introduction of the F-35B stealth fighter. The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack ...

The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter possess a little-known capability. In addition to attacking ground and sea targets, they’re capable of fighting other helicopters — and, in a ...

The AH-1 Cobra attack chopper evolved from the UH-1 Huey and proved itself in countless missions for the U.S. military over the years. But while the Army eventually phased it out, the Marine Corps ...

Bell has delivered more than 2,300 AH-1s in this family of single- and twin-engine, single-main-rotor attack helicopters. Fuji has produced about 90 AH-1s under license. The AH-1Z, the latest ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- A Fort Drum-based operation that brought in tens of millions of dollars for the Army by rebuilding and selling AH-1 Cobra helicopters is about to ship its last four aircraft, ...