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 ...

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During the Vietnam War, the Bell UH-1 transported troops but was vulnerable to enemy fire. In response, Bell developed the Cobra gunship, armed with miniguns, grenade launchers, and missiles.

In the 1980s, Marine Corps AH-1W Whiskey Cobras flew close-air-support missions in Grenada and the Persian Gulf. In the world ...