Valkyrie

"Instantly recognizable to any connoisseur of military-themed action movies, the Valkyrie has more Vinewood credits to its name than Jack Howitzer. One of the few survivors of the 1960s war effort that the American government is still willing to invest it."

- Warstock Cache & Carry description

The Buckingham Valkyrie (Pronounced: Valk-i-ree) is a military transport helicopter featured in Grand Theft Auto Online, as part of the Heists Update.

Design
The helicopter is mainly based on the Bell UH-1Y Venom, a four-bladed modernized version of the American Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey". However, unlike the UH-1Y, the exhausts are very close to each other similarly to a Bell 212/412 and it features a Fenestron tail rotor.

The helicopter features two side miniguns that are usable by passengers, as well as an explosive ammo-firing front minigun based on the M197 tri-barrel minigun from the AH-1Z Viper, to be used by the copilot. The words "Miss Zancudo" are seen on the front of the helicopter, possibly connected to Fort Zancudo, as well as "ARMY" and "N-LS5513" decals found on the side of the helicopter.

Performance

 * TBA

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Available from Warstock Cache & Carry for $2,850,000
 * Delivered by Pegasus Lifestyle Management.

Mission Appearances

 * The Humane Labs Raid

Trivia

 * The name of the helicopter is a reference to the beach attack sequence from "Apocalypse Now", where a US Air Cavalry unit attacks a Vietcong village in mostly Bell UH-1 helicopters (the predecessor of the UH-1Y Venom on which the Valkyrie is based on) while listening to Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.
 * Furthermore, the description refers to the Valkyrie as a "survivor from the 1960s war effort", as reference to how the UH-1 Iroquois was largely used by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War.
 * In Norse mythology, a Valkyrie is a female warrior that guides the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, hall of the gods and the nordic equivalent of heaven.