
71-20998
1971 | Manufactured by Bell Helicopter as an AH-1G. |
1972-1981 | Accepted by U.S. Army and assigned to B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division, Ft Campbell, KY. |
1981 | Returned to Bell Helicopter and converted to an AH-1S. |
1982-1988 | Assigned to the Air Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) in Fulda, Germany. |
Patrolled the East/West German Border during the "Cold War." | |
1988-1992 | Assigned to B Company, 8th Squadron, 158th Aviation Regiment at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Hanau, Germany, subsequently becoming 4th Squadron, 11th ACR and participated in Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm, 1990-1991. |
1993-1996 | Assigned to 4th Squadron, 3rd ACR, Ft Bliss, TX and later Ft Carson, CO. |
1996-1999 | Assigned to DOL/AVIM LSI, Ft Drum, NY. |
1999-2001 | Assigned to the Ohio Army National Guard. |
2001-2005 | Assigned to DOL/AVIM, Ft Drum, NY. |
2005 | Assigned to Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. |
2006 | Certified by the FAA at 3281.5 A/C hours as the FIRST flyable AAHF AH-1F Cobra. |
Assigned FAA Tail Number N998HF. | |
2007-2014 | Participated as one of six AAHF Black and Gold Cobras supporting the U.S. Army Sky Soldiers Cobra Demonstration Team. |
2014-Present | Painted in Desert Storm Sand by Bell Helicopter, Ozark, AL. |
Dedicated to the memory of CW2 Richard D. Stroh, Quicksilver-27, 4th Squadron, 3rd ACR. | |
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67-15589
1968-1972 | Accepted new from Bell Helicopter and sent directly to Vietnam. |
Served with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry and A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry. | |
Crashed, recovered, and sent back to Bell Helicopter in Corpus Christi, TX, for rebuild. | |
1972-1975 | Served with 175th Aviation Company in Illesheim, Germany. |
1975 | Loaned to NASA for research and spent two months at the Langley, VA Research Center. |
1975-1981 | Served with B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry in Ft Lewis, WA. |
Modified from a G model to a F model. | |
1981-1989 | Served with C Troop, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry and D Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment in Korea. |
1990-1997 | Served with A Company, 3rd Squadron, 501st Aviation Regiment in Germany. |
1997-2001 | Assigned to the Tennessee Army National Guard. |
2001-2006 | Retired to storage |
2006-Present | Transferred to AAHF and restored to flying condition. |
Now performs with the Cobra Demo Team as part of our airshow and ride program. |


67-15826
November 1968-1971 | Assigned to A Battery, 4th Battalion, 77th Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA), 101st Airborne Division, Camp Evans, South Vietnam. |
Missions included support for Ground Troops, Landing Zone Preparations, Interdictions, Counter-battery Fire and Aerial Escorts for MEDEVAC. | |
Crashed six months after arrival in country from ground fire which took out the tail rotor, killing one pilot and wounding the other. | |
826 was recovered, repaired and placed back in action. | |
1971-1980 | Crashed a second time in Vietnam. |
Rebuilt and saw service at Ft Hood, TX and Ft Knox, KY. | |
1980-1990 | Modified into an AH-1F and assigned to B Company, 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion, Fort Campbell, KY. |
1991-1997 | Served in Operation Desert Storm with the 101st Airborne Division making it a two-time combat veteran with the same organization. |
Upon return from Operation Desert Storm, 826 continued to serve at Fort Campbell, KY until April 1997. | |
1997-2001 | Served with the 1st Squadron, 230th Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard Smyrna, TN until September 2001. |
2001-2005 | Was retired into storage. |
2005-PresentAcquired by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, restored, and FAA certified. | Acquired by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, restored, and FAA certified. |
Performed for several years as part of the Army’s Cobra Demonstration Team. |
67-15766
1968-1971 | Sent new from the factory to Vietnam and served with 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion. |
Flew a total of 2,727 combat hours. | |
1971-1981 | Served with various units at Hunter Army Airfield, GA. |
1981-1996 | Served with various units in South Korea. |
1996-2001 | Assigned to the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), Tennessee Army National Guard, Smyrna, TN. |
2001-Present | Acquired by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, restored, and FAA certified. |


66-15283
1969- 1973 | Assigned to Department of Defense Technical Institute, Ft Belvoir, VA. |
1973-1976 | Assigned to Ft Hood, TX. |
1977-1979 | Assigned to B Troop, 2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry, Ft Campbell, KY. |
1979 | Assigned to D Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, Korea. |
1979-1981 | Assigned to Bell Helicopter Textron, Amarillo, TX. |
1981-1986 | Assigned to 214th Attack Helicopter Battalion (AHB), Ft Lewis, WA. |
1986-1988 | Assigned to HSC, 5th AHB, Ft Polk, LA. |
1989-1996 | Assigned to D Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, Korea. |
1996-2005 | Assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard, Grand Ledge, MI. |
2005-Present | Assigned to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. |