UH-1Y Venom

The UH-1Y Venom is the Marine Corps' light utility helicopter, the modern counterpart to the Vietnam-era UH-1 Huey. Developed jointly with the AH-1Z Viper, the Y-model introduces a four-bladed rotor, uprated T700 engines, a glass cockpit, and substantially increased payload and endurance over the UH-1N it replaced.

The Venom performs troop movement, command-and-control, MEDEVAC, and armed-escort missions for Marine Air-Ground Task Forces. The last UH-1Y was delivered in 2018, closing out a clean-sheet remanufactured fleet that will serve the Marine Corps into the 2040s.

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