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AH-1W Super Cobra (wallpaper 4). AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. AH-1W Super Cobra airplane pictures and images collection 4. Marine Cobras provided support for the US humanitarian intervention in Somalia, during Operation Restore Hope in 1992-1993. They were also employed during the U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994. USMC Cobras were used in U.S. military interventions in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and assisted in the rescue of USAF Captain Scott O'Grady, after his F-16 was shot down by a SAM in June 1995. AH-1W assets have been comprised of a mixture of new production AH-1Ws and aircraft block upgrade AH-1Ts remanufactured into the AH-1W aircraft. By the early 1980s, USMC aircraft inventory was declining due to attrition. A fully navalized helicopter was sought. In 1983, the USMC contracted with Bell Helicopter International for 44 AH-1Ws. An upgrade to the AH-1T, the AH-1W was received in 1986. The Tactical Navigation System (TNS) was placed in all production and block upgrade AH-1W aircraft delivered since February 1991. Previously delivered AH-1Ws were retrofit with TNS prior to CCM/NTS induction. AH-1W Super Cobra (wallpaper 4). AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. AH-1W Super Cobra airplane pictures and images collection 4. The NTS/Canopy/Cockpit Modification (CCM) replaces the existing canopy, nose faring, and copilot/gunner instrument panel to make provisions for the AN/AWS-1(V)1 NTS and added the TNS, CDU-800, to the front cockpit. Additionally, a communication/ navigation upgrade, ECP 1686, incorporated an ARC-210(V) Electronic Protection (EP) Radio, an ARN-153(V)4 TACAN, and an AN/ASN-163 Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (EGI) commencing in 1996. The AN/AWS-1(V)1 NTS TECHEVAL was conducted from May through September 1993 by VX-5 at Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), China Lake, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Bridgeport, California, and on amphibious ships at sea. Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) (OT-IIIA) commenced in February 1994 and concluded in May 1994. AN/AWS-1(V)1 NTS OPEVAL was conducted from May through September 1993 by VX-5 at Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), China Lake, Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Cold Lake, Canada, and on amphibious ships at sea. Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) commenced during July 1994 and ended in April 1995. AH-1W Super Cobra (wallpaper 4). AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. AH-1W Super Cobra airplane pictures and images collection 4.