Story by Capt. Brian Tuthill, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit PACIFIC OCEAN — H-1 Helicopters (UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper) assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a series of day and night close…
Story by 2nd Lt. Madison Walls, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK, California — U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303 provided aerial support to a multiagency operation in…
Based on Ministry of Defense Czech Republic (26 July 2023) by Captain Jindřiška Budiková. The 22nd Czech Air Force Base received the first two Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters on July 26, 2023, onboard a…
FORT WORTH, Texas – The current Bell H-1 fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters reached a major milestone by surpassing the 500K flight hours mark from nearly 400 AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters, built…
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Marines UH-1Y Venom helicopter completed an initial flight to test the data transmission of the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) capability for MQ-25…
Fort Worth, Texas (Feb. 20, 2023) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has completed the AH-1Z program of record (POR) for the Kingdom of Bahrain. Bell delivered the final production aircraft to Naval Air…
AMARILLO, Texas (Nov. 02, 2022) — Bell completed the Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper Program of Record (POR) with the delivery of the 189th attack helicopter in a ceremony at the Amarillo Assembly Center. Bell Textron…
Story by Maj. Jorge Hernandez | Communication Directorate Washington, D.C. – Marines from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and Navy sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed up fly together…
AMARILLO, Texas (23 de febrero de 2022) – Bell Textron Inc, una compañía de Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), ha comenzado con la producción del primer AH-1Z Viper para la República Checa en la planta de…
Story by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel , 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing LAMAR, COLORADO — Late-autumn winds rushed down from the Rocky Mountains, passed steep plateaus, and sifted through deep canyons before settling on the great plains of…