Back in 1962, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) placed its first order for a helicopter Bell was building on the H-1 platform. It was the famed UH-1 Iroquois, also known as the Huey. It was ...

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has begun retiring a limited number of its Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to the ‘boneyard’ despite deliveries to frontline units continuing. An AH-1Z recently arrived ...

The US Marine Corps' Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter is making its first Paris appearance as an operational asset. The 'Zulu' was originally seen as an update of the USMC's venerable AH-1 Super ...

The US Marine Corps has delivered an upbeat message on the Bell AH-1Z/UH-1Y modernisation programme at Le Bourget, despite cost over-runs on the helicopters' integrated avionics suite which have ...

Delivery of the AH-1Zs also comes amid a broader resurgence in interest in modern attack helicopters among NATO’s Eastern European members in response to the conflict in Ukraine — with the possible ...

US Marine Corps personnel assigned to Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) conduct operational checks on AH-1Z Viper to ensure the aircraft readiness during the Operational Test and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: One Marine recently said the AH-1’s air-to-air role could expand, thanks to the introduction of the F-35B stealth fighter. The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Marine Corps trained its AH-1 pilots in air-to-air tactics in the 1980s, but halted the practice after deciding that the training strained the helicopters’ airframes.