fatman17
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Does army has any plans of upgrading existing cobras?
or replacing them?
all current Cobras are to be upgraded to AH-1F standard. some have been and others were in the process (which may be delayed now). there was also a understanding, in fact a allocation of US500m in the CISF for the purchase of 1 squadron of Super Cobras by 2014. this may also be on hold for now.
the current Cobra fleet is in 'bad' shape due to extensive use in the WoT. i know of atleast 2 writeoffs and several helos taking 'ground fire' and require major maintenance of their airframes.