Bell UH-1Y Venom
The Bell UH-1Y Venom is a US military helicopter. It's a twin-turboshaft variant of the UH-1 Iroquois. It's used only by US Marines squadrons. It's used for troops transport and light attack.
Bell UH-1Y Venom Media
A UH-1Y during sea trials aboard USS Bataan
A UH-1Y from HMLA-367 and an AH-1W SuperCobra in Afghanistan, November 2009
H-1 Upgrades Test Pilot, Capt. Mark Angersbach, launches a pair of 2.75 inch rockets from UH-1Y #1 at Fort A.P. Hill Va. during the final phase of Rocket Ingestion and Accuracy testing on the Y model. Maj. Eldon Metzger took the co-pilot's seat on this flight after having previously fired his portion of the 356 total rockets launched by the test team over a two-week span.
Bibliography
- Moeng, Sophearith (1998). Vital guide to military Aircraft. Airlife publishing. ISBN 1 85310 537 6.
- Frawley, Gerard (2002). The international directory of military aircraft. Airtime publishing. ISBN 1 875671 55 2.