Today is a sad day in aviation - the classic "whomp, whomp, whomp" of two-bladed Cobras is no more, the Marine Corps retired the AH-1W today.

https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/192399-united-states-marines-retire-bell-ah-1w-after-34-years-of-service

 

I don't know a lot about the Cobra, unfortunately.

They're being replaced by the Zulu Cobra, right?

 

Oh, you meant that whisky.

Yup, the replacement process has been going on since about 2010. Most of the Zulu Cobras in Marine service today are converted Whiskeys, but about a quarter of all the airframes are newly built. Not sure if the USMC order is finished or still in progress. 

In other news, the state-run Polish Armaments Group recently signed a memorandum with Bell about potential collaboration in the Viper/Venom programme if the AH-1Z is selected as the replacement for our Mi-24Vs. 

I really hope we get a Cobra in DCS, the prospect of a full-on Iran-Iraq war reenactment is just too enticing. 

I'd love to see a Cobra in DCS, also. Any variant. 

If I remember correctly, BelSimTek (when they were still an independent company, and not attached to Eagle Dynamics) announced the Mi-24P and the AH-1G.

The Mi-24P is supposed to come out later this year, so who knows about the status or future of the AH-1G.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4156456&postcount=86

My guess is that the Cobra is on the deep backburner.