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USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

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Ravendriver2008
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USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Post by Ravendriver2008 » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:25 pm

After 3 and half decades its final goodbye to the Whiskey model so Semper Fidelis.

https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/fffe8 ... GTUhEGXRlw
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Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Post by stuie492 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:50 am

It served in Vietnam
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Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Post by Nighthawke » Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:24 am

Not as the W model, that was mid 1980s. The J was Vietnam era.
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Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Post by Alf » Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:30 am

stuie492 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:50 am
 It served in Vietnam
Unlikely as the AH-1W entered service in 1986.
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Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Post by Nighthawke » Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:27 am

...as I had already pointed out!
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