In the 1980s, Marine Corps AH-1W Whiskey Cobras flew close-air-support missions in Grenada and the Persian Gulf. In the world of Mother Nature, flesh-and-blood flying snakes (scientific name ...

Marines have been flying the AH-1W Super Cobra since 1986. The last AH-1W was delivered in 1998. The AH-1W is being replaced by the AH-1Z, starting in 2006 as part of a remanufacture program.