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The number of Viper helicopters of the United States Marine Corps has finally increased to
What is known
In 2014, the Navy agreed withBell Textron for the purchase of UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters. The contract was valued at almost $340 million. Initially, the service wanted to order 168 modified Viper aircraft, but then changed its plans.
Deliveries of 160 UH-1Y Venom ended in 2018.They replaced the UH-1N Twin Huey. But the last copy of the AH-1Z Viper got to the owner just now. The US Marine Corps now has 349 H-1 helicopters.
In a press release, Bell Textron recalledwhich has been producing H-1 aircraft for the US Armed Forces since 1959. The Marine Corps ordered the first batch of H-1s in 1962. Since first delivery, the AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters have logged more than 450,000 flight hours.