Cobra Attack on House

AH-1 Cobra provides air support.

Code: Unclassified

Equipment:
AH-1 Cobra - The Bell AH-1 Cobra, called the "Huey Cobra," "Cobra," "Sea Cobra," or "Snake" (depending on the model), is an attack helicopter, designed by Bell Helicopter Textron. It shares a common engine, transmission and rotor system with the UH-1. It is now fully replaced by the AH-64 Apache in US Army service, but upgraded versions continue to fly with US Marine Corps, US Navy and several other users.

Location:
Iraq, Hit - The small city of Hīt is one of a string of Sunni population centers along the Euphrates valley in Anbar province that the U.S. occupation forces found to be volatile. It is considered to be the main route travelled by non-Iraqi insurgents on their way from Syria into central Iraq. Located on the river between the city of Haditha and the provincial capital, Ramadi, Hīt has been the scene of intermittent fighting between U.S. forces and Iraqi and foreign insurgents. Unlike Ramadi or Haditha, Hīt does not fit into the regular rotation structure of U.S. forces in Anbar; lying just east of the regimental sector headquartered at Asad and just west of the Ramadi brigade sector, it has long been the territory of stand-alone Army and Marine battalions on short-term deployments. The Navea Training Center, which lies just to the south-east of Hīt, is used by the U.S. Army for training the New Iraqi Army.