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Last Legacy Super Cobra Enters US Marine Corps Maintenance Program

Monday, August 6th, 2018

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Last Legacy Super Cobra Enters US Marine Corps Maintenance Program

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The last legacy AH-1W Super Cobra entered the Navy’s integrated maintenance program at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in mid-July.Continuing the attack aircraft’s legacy snake nomenclature, W-model Super Cobras are being replaced with the AH-1Z Viper“The technology is more advanced in the Z than the W,” said Cary Mocanu, who manages Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) at Camp Pendleton. “It has better engines, and the airframe is more rigid and stronger. The W is primarily sheet metal where the Z is more…

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