Bell AH-1W Super Cobra

Model

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 : #SuperCobra 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

Marines Retire AH-1W After 34 Years of Service, 19-Oct-20 :

#SuperCobra 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

Camp Pendleton Last AH-1W Super Cobra, 26-Jul-18 : #aircraft 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