Re: Marine Super Cobra helos at Area 51?


Message posted by Magoo on January 03, 2001 at 23:47:28 EST:

This helo looks to be armed with hellfire anti-armor weapons. It is unlikely that a helo out of Groom would be armed as such to warn off foot-bound intruders at the border...unless you were in a tank that is! Perhaps it was in the southern Tikaboo Valley coming out of Range 61 and flying north up the western side of the Groom Range...?

It is a 'Whiskey Cobra', the AH-1W version of the Cobra attack helo - This is a USMC (and some foreign operators) version only. The lettering is probably just dirty due to the proximity of the engine exhausts, rather than peeling off or painted over.

Magoo


In Reply to: Re: Marine Super Cobra helos at Area 51? posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on January 03, 2001 at 22:22:13 EST:

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