Service: USMC Armament: 20 mm M197 Gatling cannon ... delivered to the U.S. Army in 1962 based upon a UH-1 Huey, the AH-1W Super Cobra is the world’s first attack helicopter.

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 ...

Meanwhile, two USMC AH-1Z Viper helicopter gunships (the successor to the legendary AH-1W Whiskey Cobra chopper) provided ...