AH-1W SUPER COBRA’S • UH-1Y VENOM’S • AH-6 LITTLE BIRD’S IN ACTION ♦ CLOSE AIR SUPPORT EXERCISE

U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra’s, UH-1Y Venom’s, and Army AH-6 Little Bird’s engage designated targets with the support of Marines with Weapons Company, during an offensive air support exercise for Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course.

♦The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engine attack helicopter based on the United States Army’s AH-1 Cobra. The twin Cobra family includes the AH-1J SeaCobra, the AH-1T Improved SeaCobra, and the AH-1W SuperCobra. The AH-1W is the backbone of the United States Marine Corps’s attack helicopter fleet, but is being replaced in service by the Bell AH-1Z Viper.

♦The Bell UH-1Y Venom (also called Super Huey) is a twin-engine, medium-sized utility helicopter, built by Bell Helicopter as part of the United States Marine Corps’ H-1 upgrade program. The helicopter is also called Yankee for its variant letter, Y.
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. 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.

♦The MH-6 Little Bird (nicknamed the Killer Egg), and its attack variant AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United States Army. Originally based on a modified OH-6A, it was later based on the MD 500E, with a single five-bladed main rotor. The newest version, the MH-6M, is based on the MD 530F and has a single, six-bladed main rotor and four-bladed tail rotor.

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