Bell UH-1Y – Photos & Video

Foto-galerija a Zvono UH-1Y, The Bell UH-1Y Venom (also called Super Huey) is a twin-engine, 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 called also Yankee, from 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 is currently in full-rate production to replace the USMC’s aging fleet of UH-1N Twin Huey light utility helicopters, first introduced in the early 1970s

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Bell UH-1Y je dvomotorni, srednji komunalni helikopter koji koristi marinci Sjedinjenih Država. To je modernizovana verzija Bell UH-1N, koja je izvedena iz ikonične Bell UH-1 Iroquois, poznate i kao Hjui. UH-1Y poseduje rotorni sistem sa četiri oštrice, staklenu kokpit, digitalni avionski apartman i snažniji motor. UH-1Y može da obavlja razne misije, kao što su transport trupa, medicinska evakuacija, bliska vazdušna podrška, potraga i spasavanje i specijalne operacije. UH-1Y je ušao u službu 2008. UH-1Y je poznat i kao Venom ili Jenki.