The c/n plate in the aft cockpit says this is an AH-1S with c/n 24019. I think the version AH-1S is more correct !
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You might be right, but then hey, I didn't paint the Cobra
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Furthermore: Mach III US Air Forces Directory 2010/11 says 76-22585 is an AH-1S with c/n 22019; Scramble database says it (76-22585) is an AH-1P with c/n 22019
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Indeed AH-1P is correct !! Interesting stuff, here is some more information.
Many AH-1G's were converted to AH-1S. But the AH-1S was also put into production. They started with a new c/n range here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... /ah-1s.htm
100 "Production AH-1S", later redesignated to AH-1P
76-22567 / 610 c/n 24001 / 24044
76-22692 / 713 c/n 24045 / 24066
77-22729 / 762 c/n 24067 / 24100
98 "Ungunned AH-1S", later redesignated to AH-1E
77-22763 / 77-22810
78-23043 / 78-23092
530 "AH-1S Modernized Cobra", later redesignated to AH-1F
530 aircraft, and were completed between November 1979 and June 1981. Of 530 Modernized Cobras, 387 were converted for old AH-1G Cobras and 143 were new Production aircraft.
149 (!) are known to be build
78-23093 / 78-23125
79-23187 / 79-23252
80-23510 / 80-23521
81-23526 / 81-23540
82-24065 / 82-24076
83-24189 / 83-24199