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USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:25 pm
by Ravendriver2008
After 3 and half decades its final goodbye to the Whiskey model so Semper Fidelis.

https://news.bellflight.com/en-US/fffe8 ... GTUhEGXRlw

Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:50 am
by stuie492
It served in Vietnam

Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:24 am
by Nighthawke
Not as the W model, that was mid 1980s. The J was Vietnam era.

Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:30 am
by Alf
stuie492 wrote:
Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:50 am
It served in Vietnam
Unlikely as the AH-1W entered service in 1986.

Re: USMC finally retires the Bell AH-1W

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:27 am
by Nighthawke
...as I had already pointed out!