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Monday, November 22, 2010

AH-1 Cobra retirement program at Fort Drum ends; final four helicopters head to Thailand

AH-1 Cobra Attack HelicopterA Fort Drum-based operation that brought in tens of millions of dollars for the Army by rebuilding and selling AH-1 Cobra helicopters is about to ship its last four aircraft, bringing a successful and profitable venture to a close.

About 10 years ago, every Cobra in the U.S. fleet began arriving at Fort Drum to be retired through the post's Foreign Military Sales shop near Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.

Some were gutted for parts and used as military training apparatus; most were refurbished here and sold to military customers overseas.

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