U.S. Marine Corps receives last of 189 AH-1Z Viper helicopters
By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 06.11.2022, 22:21
The number of United States Marine Corps Viper helicopters has finally increased to the planned 189 units.
Here's What We Know
In 2014, the Navy agreed with Bell Textron to purchase UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters. The value of the contract was nearly $340 million. The service originally wanted to order 168 modified Viper aircraft, but then changed its plans.
Deliveries of 160 UH-1Y Venom completed in 2018. They replaced the UH-1N Twin Huey. The last AH-1Z Viper, on the other hand, has only now reached its owner. The U.S. Marine Corps now has 349 H-1 helicopters.
In a press release, Bell Textron has produced H-1s for the U.S. Armed Forces since 1959. The Marine Corps ordered its first batch of H-1s in 1962. Since the first delivery of the AH-1Z and UH-1Y, the helicopters have flown more than 450,000 hours.
Source: Bell Textron
