First delivered on 27 Mar 1986, the USMC retired its last AH-1W Super Cobra at the end of Sep 2020 after 34 years of service. 
Some USMC AH-1W still fly on, re-manufactured as the AH-1Z Viper.
AH-1W Super Cobra News |
Twenty-Four Refurbished AH-1W Super Cobras for Bahrain
31-Mar-23 - US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Bahrain of 24 ex-Marines Bell AH-1W Super Cobra as Excess Defense Article (EDA) . The helicopters will be refurbished at a cost of $ 350M before delivery #SuperCobra
Marines Retire AH-1W After 34 Years of Service
19-Oct-20 - The USMC retired the Bell AH-1W Super Cobra gunship after 900,000 flight hours and 34 years of service. Bell delivered 179 helicopters (originally known as AH-1T+) between 1986 and 1999 #SuperCobra
Camp Pendleton Last AH-1W Super Cobra
26-Jul-18 - Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) Site Camp Pendleton inducted the last Bell AH-1W Super Cobra to undergo the Integrated Maintenance Program (IMP) to keep it mission-ready but in storage #aircraft
HMLAT-303 Says Farewell to Their Last AH-1W
06-Feb-18 - USMC training squadron HMLAT-303 transitioned from the AH-1W to the AH-1Z Viper and flew their last Super Cobra to the boneyard in Arizona List of Operators of AH-1W Super Cobra |
| Years | Model | Org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968- | 209 AH-1 Cobra |  US Marine Corps | |
| 1995- |  Taiwan Army | ||
| 1995- |  Türk Kara Kuvvetleri | ||
| 2023- |  Royal Bahraini Air Force |
Global Distribution of AH-1W Super Cobra |
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