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Photo Essay: Marines operate helicopters during training for Ullr Shield exercise at Fort McCoy
Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters as well as a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft were at the installation for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Ullr Shield exercise for training on Jan. 24 ...
Forbes1y
Half A Million Flight Hours Is Just a Waypoint for the USMC’s AH-1Z and UH-1Y Fleet
The UH-1Y entered service in 2008 and the AH-1Z in 2010 with new-build aircraft progressively delivered ... Marvel observed that the Viper (and by implication Venom) would likely serve for two ...
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Watch These Marine UH-1Y Super Hueys Pulverize A Fake Town
the Venom will be able to have a high-volume precision engagement capability which will drastically expand the aircraft's close air support potential. Commonality: The UH-1Y shares the same ...
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Marines get last delivery of iconic H-1 helicopter. But don’t call it the ‘end of an era’
The last modern UH-1Y Venom, or “Huey,” was delivered to ... a training squadron and a logistic squadron also fall under the aircraft group. While Lockheed Martin and Bell are competing ...
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In a massive exercise HMLA-369 launched a unique assault formation of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters
Despite the long history of their predecessors, the original Huey and Cobra, the highly evolved AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom are very advanced combat aircraft that are easily contemporaries of the ...
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The AH-1Z Viper Performed The First Link 16 Test Flight As The H-1 Mixed Fleet Surpassed 400,000 Flight Hours
During the test flight, the AH-1Z established a two way connection between a ground station and the aircraft’s Link ... Helicopter] squadrons.” A UH-1Y Venom, left, and AH-1Z Viper fly ...
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Marine Corps helicopter drops 40-pound bag of signal flares in northern Okinawa
The U.S. Marine Corps and Okinawa Defense Bureau are searching for a 40-pound bag of signal flares that fell from a ...
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Textron Secures Contract to Support UH-1Y and AH-1Z Aircraft
Per the terms of the deal, Textron will provide program management, engineering and logistics services for upgrading and sustainment of the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. This contract ...
Marine Corps Times1y
Marine Corps is reviving a light attack helicopter unit it cut in 2022
Lance Cpl. David Hancock, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, wipes down a cockpit window in November 2022 in North Carolina, the month before the squadron's ...
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A-kits to aid Link 16 integration for Venoms and Vipers
Northrop Grumman is providing 26 Link 16 A-kits each for AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom production aircraft. Work on the $10.54 million contract modification from US Naval Air Systems Command is ...
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Maintenance issue discovered in multiple Marine helicopters in Japan
The aircraft involved were the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter and the UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter, pictured here at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, May 18, 2021. (Lance Cpl.