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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The last flight of AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters by an active duty Army unit was on 15 March 1999. This final mission by crews assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (Attack), 25th Infantry Division (Light), began and ended at a unit ceremony at Wheeler Army Airfield. The flight passed over the USS Missouri, and the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, the Leeward coast and Kole Pass. Unit members began turn-in of their aircraft the following day to prepare for the battalion's draw of new OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters. The formation Monday consisted of eight Cobras, four Kiowas, and one UH-1H Iroquois ("Huey").
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With Honolulu in the background, AH-1F Cobras assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light) make the last flight of that aircraft by an active U.S. Army unit. (Photo taken by Maj. Ed Loomis, 25th ID PAO).
Flying into history, AH-1F Cobras assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light) are led out of Wheeler Army Airfield by OH-58A/Cs. (Photo taken by Maj. Ed Loomis, 25th ID PAO).
Framed by the Waianae Mountains and pineapple fields, AH-1F Cobras assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light) make the last flight of that aircraft by an active U.S. Army unit. (Photo taken by Maj. Ed Loomis, 25th ID PAO).
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| Updated: 12 January 2008 |
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Born on 16 March 1999 |