The sight of helicopters on display at Hunter Army Airfield stirred up smiles and memories for more than 200 Army aviator veterans and their families on Oct. 3.
The Cobra Hall association held its 50-year anniversary reunion in Savannah Oct. 1-5 to celebrate the legacy of Hunter once being home to the Cobra Training and Qualification School. Hunter Army Airfield’s mission from 1967 to 1973 was to train Cobra pilots during the height of the Vietnam War.
Paul Fishman came to Savannah from Dallas for the reunion and was drawn to the Viper on static display outside of Hunter’s Truscott Air Terminal. He served at Cobra Hall from 1970 to 1973.
Sitting in the cockpit of the Viper, the Marine Corps’ modernized and current version of the Cobra attack helicopter, Fishman was impressed by the complexity of the controls and taken back to the simpler days of the G-model Cobra he flew.
“It’s mystifying,” Fishman said. “The advanced instrumentation is completely different. The sophistication of it is light years ahead of what we used to fly with.”
| Date Taken: | 10.03.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 10.04.2023 11:48 |
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