AH-64

The Boeing AH-64 Apache () is an American twin-turboshaft assault helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a team of two. It comes with a sensor package for target acquisition and night vision systems. It's equipped with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage, and four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons for carrying armament and shops, typically a combination of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has systems redundancy to enhance combat. As the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the Advanced Attack Helicopter program of the United States Army to replace the AH-1 Cobra, the Apache started. The model YAH-64 was first flown on 30. The U.S. Army selected the YAH-64 within the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982.

After buying Hughes Helicopters in 1984, McDonnell Douglas continued AH-64 production and development. The helicopter was introduced to U.S. Army service in April 1986. The advanced AH-64D Apache Longbow was delivered in March 1997 to the Army. Production was continued Space by Boeing Defense & Security, with over 2,400. The U.S. Army is the primary operator of this AH-64. It has become the main attack helicopter including Greece, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. It has been built since the AgustaWestland Apache under license in the United Kingdom. Have served in conflicts in Kosovo, the Persian Gulf, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Israel used the Apache in its conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Deployments have been observed by Dutch and british Apaches in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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