Built for speed, precision, and overwhelming firepower, the AH-1 Cobra isn’t just a helicopter—it’s a battlefield icon. Armed with a minigun that unleashes 4,000 rounds per minute, this attack chopper ...

Bell Helicopter’s prototype for the AH-1G Cobra flies in front of two UH-1 Hueys, the aircraft it was designed to protect. What was on Mike Folse’s drawing board at Bell Helicopter that day in ...

2 Originating from a concept demonstrator delivered to the U.S. Army in 1962 based upon a UH-1 Huey, the AH-1W Super Cobra is the world’s first attack helicopter. Marines have been flying the AH ...

The United States had its answer for the dedicated gunship helicopter. In 1967, Bell converted the multifaceted UH-1 Huey into the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter. The Cobra is one of the oldest ...

The army is seeking to purchase an additional 30 Sikorsky UH-60 Armed Black Hawk helicopters, as well as looking into upgrading its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawks with Hellfire missiles, rockets and ...

It replaces the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters (those that function as scouts in air cavalry troops and light attack companies) and OH-58A and C Kiowas in air cavalry troops. A single engine ...