page_title: Bell UH-1Y Venom
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Bell UH-1Y Venom / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: A U.S. Marine Corps Bell UH-1Y Huey helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 and a Bell AH-1W Supercobra from HMLA-169 take off on one of the first flights for the new Huey from Bastion Airfield, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The first UH-1Y Huey arrived on 23 October 2009 and made its first combat flight on 4 November.
context_page_description: The Bell UH-1Y Venom is a twin-engined, medium-sized utility helicopter, built by Bell Helicopter under the H-1 upgrade program of the United States Marine Corps. One of the latest members of the numerous Huey family, the UH-1Y is also called "Yankee", based on the NATO phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter.
  The UH-1Y was to have been remanufactured from UH-1Ns, but in 2005, it was approved for the aircraft to be built as new. After entering service in 2008, the UH-1Y replaced the USMC's aging fleet of UH-1N Twin Huey light utility helicopters, first introduced in the early 1970s. In 2008 it entered full-rate production, with deliveries to the Marines to be completed in late 2018.
context_section_description:  United States
  United States Marine Corps
  HMLA-167
  HMLA-169
  HMLA-267
  HMLA-269
  HMLA-367
  HMLA-369
  HMLA-469
  HMLA-773
  HMLAT-303
   Czech Republic
  Czech Air Force (8 on order)
caption: A UH-1Y from HMLA-367 and an AH-1W SuperCobra in Afghanistan, November 2009
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