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Description
| Notes: Upgraded AH-1G with marine corps avionics, rotor brake, and new armament system. | |||
| Manufacturer: | Bell |
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| Base model: | AH-1 | ||
| Designation: | AH-1 | ||
| Version: | J | ||
| Nickname: | Sea Cobra | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Helicopter | ||
| Modified Mission: | Attack | ||
| Crew: | Pilot and gunner | ||
| First Flew: | 1965 | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 44' 3" | 13.5 m | |
| Height: | 13' 5" | 4.1 m | |
| Wingspan: | 43' 11" | 13.4 m | |
| Empty Weight: | 6,595 lb | 2,998 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 9,979 lb | 4,525 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 9,979 lb | 4,536 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney (Canada) T400-CP-400 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1800 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 355 miles | 574 km | |
| Max Speed: | 218 mph | 352 km/h | 190 kt |
| Ceiling: | 11,398 ft | 3,475 m | |
History
| Date | Subject | Event |
| 1969/10/14 | The first Bell AH-1J twin-engine Sea Cobra was unveiled at the Bell factory. | |
| 1970/07 | The first four AH-1J Sea Cobra gunships were delivered to the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River. | |
| 1971/02/18 | Four AH-1Js Sea Cobras arrived in Vietnam for combat evaluation and were assigned to HML-367. |
Operators (Past and Present)
| USMC | HMA-773 | Atlanta | GA |
| USMC | HMA-775 | Camp Pendleton | CA |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | New York | New York |
| Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum | Kalamazoo | Michigan |
| MCAS El Toro Historical Foundation | Irvine | California |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Patuxent River Naval Air Museum | Patuxent River | Maryland |
| Prairie Aviation Museum | Bloomington | Illinois |
| United States Army Aviation Museum | Ozark | Alabama |
AH-1J on display
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | National Museum of Naval Aviation | Naval Air Warfare Center | ||
Prairie Aviation Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Luis Holston , VA | Now this is a REAL machine.. buy viagra levitra online buy cialis 03/12/2008 @ 06:52 [ref: 19986] |
| David Hatcher Enterprise, AL | Sorry, the original Sikorsky "Blackhawk" was the Model S67, not the S70 (which is the company model of the UH60) 11/27/2007 @ 06:18 [ref: 18682] |
| David Hatcher Enterprise, AL | The Bell Model 309 is not a AH1J, although Bell certainly recouped its investment with the upgraded variants for the Marine Corp. The "Advanced Aerial Fire Support System" competition was a "paper aquisition", a brainchild of then Sec of Def Robert McNamara. That is, the competitors submitted their design proposals on paper and the contract was issued without a real aircraft to evaluate. Miffed by the selection of the Lockheed Cheyenne, Sikorsky and then Bell, built both of their designs, Sikorskys S70 "Blackhawk", (not to be confused with the UH60 "Blackhawk") and Bell with the KingCobra. The KingCobra is in "non-display" storage at the Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Al. The two photos of the KingCobra I took in Dec 2006. 11/27/2007 @ 05:22 [ref: 18681] |
| Robert Enterprise, AL | Unless the U.S. Army Aviation Museum has recently received one they do NOT have an AH-1J. It is a Bell Company prototype called the King Cobra. The museum staff has been denying this for years. Their "AH-1J" has only one engine, and electronic sensors in the nose that no production Corbra, Sea or otherwise has.
I believe it to be an AH-56 Cheyenne competator or possibly a testbed. 09/27/2007 @ 09:46 [ref: 18026] |
| Randy Haynes Atlanta, GA | HMA-369 had AH-1Js when I was there 1986-1988 at MCAS Camp Pendleton CA. Composite squadren with UH-1Ns as well. 1988 began transition to AH-1W "whiskey" models.
Randy Haynes haynesx4@peoplepc.com fmr L/CPL USMC HMA-369 07/19/2007 @ 16:37 [ref: 17181] |
| Joe Fairborn, OH | The AH-1J SeaCobra was also exported to two countries.Iran got 202 AH-1J SeaCobra International models,some of which hat the BGM-71 TOW system installed.These saw heavy use during the Iran-iraq war,shooting down a couple Iraqi Mi-25 Hinds,but taking losses to the Hinds as well.South Korea got a few AH-1Js as well. 08/05/2006 @ 00:14 [ref: 13806] |
| Larry Bentley Beaverton, OR | Where is HMA-369 listed at? For eight months from May 1972 through January 1973 we operated seven(7) AH-1J's off of three seperate LPD's. Our area of operation was eighty miles north of South Vietnam's DMZ to eighty miles south of Hanoi. The squadron was interdicting supplies being off loaded from chinese and Russian merchant ships as well as taking on anti-aircraft emplacements and truck convoys.
We were operating off the coast of North Vietnam during the December 1972 bombing. Our operation was highly successful and accomplished without loss of aircraft or crew. The squadron recieved the Marine Corp Squadron of the year award as well as the Naval Unit Citation. We were a part of Operation Linebacker2 and the suboperation was called "MARHUK". We like to call ourselves Marhukers. Thank You Larry D. Bentley fmr. Sgt. USMC Avionics shop HMA-369 1972-1973 503.590.4394 06/14/2001 @ 20:32 [ref: 2458] |
| Joe Bob , WA | The Cobra is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 04/18/2001 @ 11:11 [ref: 2113] |
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