Jul. 3—CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. — It has seen the skies of Vietnam in the 1970's and Iraq in the 1990's. Now, on Saturday, July 1, the massive Cobra helicopter took a final trip, this time through the ...
FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Before the AH-64 Apache became the might of the skies for Army Aviation, another aircraft was paving the way for the Army's modern attack helicopter fleet. The Bell AH-1 Cobra, ...
A smile crossed the lips of many a Marine in Vietnam who heard the code word “Scarface.” They knew hovering overhead was a Cobra attack helicopter ready to strike at the enemy. “Everything we did was ...
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to Capt. Larry Taylor, a Vietnam War pilot who flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a ...
American Veterans Center on MSN

Cobra Attack Helicopter Pilot on Combat in Vietnam

What was it like to fly the Cobra attack helicopter in a war zone? This veteran recounts the high-stakes missions in Vietnam, ...