What is Bell AH-1 Cobra?
[[File:Ah-1cobra_1.jpg|thumb|300px]] The '''Bell AH-1 Cobra''' is an [[United States|American]] [[military]] [[helicopter]]. It is an [[Attack aircraft|attack helicopter]]. It is made by [[Bell Helicopter]] company. It has one [[engine]]. Its first flight was on 7 September 1967. The [[United States Army]] don't use the AH-1 any more, and replaced it with the [[AH-64 Apache]]. The single-engine AH-1 Cobra is still active in some other countries like [[Israel]] and [[Iran]]. The [[United States Marine Corps]] still use the two-engine Bell AH-1 SuperCobra. The Cobra's weapons are: *two 7.62 mm multi-barrel [[minigun]]s or two [[M129 Grenade launcher]]s *[[Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket]] *[[M61 Vulcan]] ==Operational History== [[File:AH-1G Cobra Vietnam.jpg|thumb|Bell AH-1G over [[Vietnam]]]] [[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - The Cobra Helicopter Makes a Splash.jpg|thumb|right|[[Israeli Air Force]] AH-1 Cobra]] ===United States=== *[[Tet Offensive]] in 1968 and through the end of the [[Vietnam War]]. In this [[war]] it was used for attacking enemy ground forces, escorting transport helicopters and other roles.<ref name=Donald_p166>Donald 2004, p. 166.</ref> *Operation Urgent Fury, [[1983 Invasion of Grenada]]. In this operation it was used for flying close-support and helicopter escort missions.<ref name=Huey_Cobra>Bishop 2006.</ref> *Operation Just Cause, [[United States Invasion of Panama|1989 Invasion of Panama]].<ref name=Huey_Cobra/> *Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the [[Gulf War]] (1990–91).<ref name=Huey_Cobra/> *[[Operation Restore Hope]] in Somalia in 1993.<ref name=Huey_Cobra/> *[[Operation Uphold Democracy|1994 Invasion of Haiti]].<ref name=Huey_Cobra/> ===Iran=== *[[Iran-Iraq War]] ===Israel=== *The first combat mission of AH-1 Cobra in Israel was on 9 May 1979. From this time on it was used in many operations against the Lebanese anti-Israeli groups. One of its important operations was in [[1982 Lebanon war]]. ===Pakistan=== *[[Balochistan conflict]] *It was used in some operations a