AH-1W (Alpha Hotel-One Wiskey) Super-Cobra.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.
Checking for booby-traps planted near an abandoned AH-1W Super Cobra.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.
Aircraft recovery training at Twentynine Palms, California, 17OCT2019.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.
Interesting, this recovery training took place in October 2019, yet all the Marines in this pic are wearing N95 masks! The information that came with these pics did not explain why they are wearing N95 masks. N95 masks are not just for medical use, they are also used in various industries for protection against microscopic particles.
USMC photo by Corporal Koby I. Saunders, 09MAY2018.
Recovery ops, Twenty Nine Palms, May 2018.
USMC photo by Corporal Koby I. Saunders, 09MAY2018.
USMC photo by Corporal Koby I. Saunders, 09MAY2018.
USMC photo by Corporal Koby I. Saunders, 09MAY2018.
USMC photo by Corporal Koby I. Saunders, 09MAY2018.
USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Kowshon Ye, 07NOV2017.
Aircraft salvage and recovery/refueling training at Twentynine Palms, 07NOV2017.
Video, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373 explains Viper recovery training during Integrated Training eXercise 3-17:
The Super Cobra in this video was the subject of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission (TRAP mission) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in June 2011. The AH-1W had one of its two turbines quit working and a new engine was installed. The video is of the start-up and take-off after the new turbine was installed:
Most U.S. Marine AH-1W Super Cobras were ‘retired’ by the end of 2019, being resurrected as upgraded AH-1Z Vipers.
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