Firefly 760 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 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 Hess, Klaiber and Britchot 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Klaiber 4,737 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 I don't know a lot about the Cobra, unfortunately. They're being replaced by the Zulu Cobra, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Razwald 941 Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Oh, you meant that whisky. Britchot and Firefly 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Firefly 760 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 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. Klaiber 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Britchot 2,567 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I'd love to see a Cobra in DCS, also. Any variant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Klaiber 4,737 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 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. Firefly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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