The U.S. Marines have fully retired the AH-1W Super Cobra, or the “Whiskey Cobra.” The replacement, the AH-1Z Viper, is also known as the “Zulu.” The two helicopters are similar, but the Zulu ...

The exhibits at the expanded Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge continue to grow, including one that will permanently fly above the others. Workers pulled on chains that slowly hoisted a ...

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 AH-1W Super Cobra is the US Marine's attack helicopter. It is supplied by Bell Helicopter Textron and entered service in 1985. As well as the US Marine Corps, the Super Cobra is operational with ...

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, ...

The oldest attack helicopter ever fielded by the U.S. military is also the first attack helicopter: The Bell AH-1 Cobra, which first entered service in 1967. Born out of the Vietnam War, the AH-1 was ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. -- During the Vietnam War, Officer Jimmie Ferguson was shot down while flying an AH-1 Cobra helicopter. Ferguson, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, survived and was able to see the ...

One of the helicopters on display at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is back from the shop, and it looks like new again. The aircraft arrived back at Patriots Point on Aug. 30. It's in the ...

Many people will go about their lives on Labor Day unaware that it’s the golden anniversary of the first flight of an aircraft that played a huge role in the Vietnam War. “The Cobra saved hundreds if ...

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, ...