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AH-1 Cobra/Bu. 159227



Bureau #: 159227
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
Model: AH-1J
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2007
  History:
Delivered to USMC as Bu. 159227.
- BOC: April 30, 1975.
- SOC: June 1996.
- Accepted by Naval Weapons Center VX-5, China Lake, CA, May 15, 1975.
- Used as test bed aircraft.
- Transferred to Patuxent River, July 1978.
- Used as test bed aircraft.
- Retired to museum with 3,138.4 hours/10,249 flights on the logs.
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Lexington Park, MD, April 1997-2007

Source(s):
Preserved US Military Aircraft.
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
Photo Source(s):
Matt Ellis

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