The UH-1Y was to have been remanufactured from UH-1Ns, but in 2005, it was approved for the aircraft to be built as new. After entering service in 2008, the UH-1Y replaced the USMC's aging fleet of UH ...

In the world of aircraft there is no better way to gauge the success of a design than by counting the number of hours it stays in the air. This is done individually for safety reasons, and fleetwide ...

It’s been two years now since we learned that the U.S. Marine Corps is looking to upgrade its fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters, and I almost forgot all about that. Luckily, the company ...

Bell Textron has begun assembling the first UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters destined for the Czech Republic, the first export customer for the aircraft. The OEM says the $620 million Czech ...