After serving Marine Corps aviation faithfully for 18 years, it's time for the Cobra to get a facelift. 280 AH-1W airframes will be remanufactured to theoretically new 0-hour aircraft with significant upgrades. The replacement--the AH-1Z (Zulu) model--will use a newer, smarter missile rack capable of launching both Hellfire II missiles and the Joint Common Missile (JCM) . Although still under development, the JCM will be capable of targeting using imaging ...
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