USMC Looks To Upgraded Huey For Afghanistan Operations

The U.S. Marines will soon deploy their new UH-1Y, or Yankee, to Afghanistan, and the service is banking on the increased capabilities of the upgraded helicopter. Afghanistan will present its own “unique challenges,” according to the H-1 Upgrade program manager, Col. Harry Hewson, who expressed...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.