The Bell AH-1 Cobra is an attack helicopter that was developed from ... and a tandem cockpit enclosed in a canopy—clearly drawing inspiration from a fighter’s airframe. The cockpit arrangement ...

He turned on the Cobra’s lights to draw fire away from the recon unit ... flying some of the first Cobra attack helicopters in the war. He finished his military service in 1971 as a captain ...

The Bell AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated attack helicopter in the U.S ... program and focused more narrowly on an anti-tank helicopter. Drawing on the experiences of AH-1 crews in Vietnam ...

He then fired his own remaining rounds while using his Cobra’s landing lights to draw the enemy’s attention ... of the first Bell AH1-G Cobra attack helicopters in combat.

Seeing enemy muzzle fire, the two Cobra gunships started making attack runs using their mini-guns and aerial rockets. According to reports, both helicopters ... lights to draw the enemy’s ...

The oldest attack helicopter ever fielded by the U.S. military is also the first attack helicopter: The Bell AH-1 Cobra, which first entered service in 1967. Born out of the Vietnam War, the AH-1 ...

Taylor, flying one of two AH-1G Cobra helicopters, reached the battlefield ... to the enemy and did all the maneuvers of an attack run to draw their fire. Not knowing the helicopter was out ...

As mighty a force as the SuperCobra was, time and the relentless march of technology waits for no attack helicopter. As the SuperCobra was an advanced take on the Cobra, so the SuperCobra would be ...

The award, which Biden awarded to Taylor Monday at the White House, was the final recognition for a long-ago battle, when Taylor, an AH-1 Cobra attack ... helicopter, flashing his lights to draw ...

Taylor, who was serving as a team leader of a helicopter light-fire team, flew to the extraction site in his Cobra attack helicopter ... s landing lights to draw the enemy’s attention while ...

On the night of June 18, 1968, then-1st Lt. Taylor flew his Cobra attack helicopter to rescue the men after they had become surrounded by the enemy. "It was pitch black. No moon. No stars.