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  2. Boeing AH-64 Apache - Wikipedia

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    An early Hughes YAH-64 prototype with T-tail. After the AH-56 Cheyenne was cancelled in 1972 in favor of projects like the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier, the United States Army sought an aircraft to fill an anti-armor attack role that would still be under Army command.

  3. Combat Aviation Brigade - Wikipedia

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    A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.

  4. List of United States military helicopters - Wikipedia

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    Boeing AH-64 Apache: Attack helicopter Boeing: Manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas after buyout of Hughes Helicopters. 1975 1984 1174 MD 500 Defender: Light multi-role helicopter MD Helicopters: Based on the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse light utility helicopter. Originally developed by Hughes Helicopters. Purchased by McDonnell-Douglas, eventually sold to ...

  5. 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment (United States)

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    The 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment is an attack helicopter battalion of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. [1] The battalion is an AH-64 Apache battalion based at Fort Cavazos , Texas.

  6. 229th Aviation Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was an attack helicopter battalion operating AH-64 Apache attack and OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters and a Headquarters detachment of UH-60 Blackhawks. Each of the 3 line companies (A, B, and C) contained 6 Apache and 4 Kiowa helicopters.

  7. 3 soldiers dead after Army attack helicopters collide and ...

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    The helicopters were from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment based at Fort Wainwright. ... The AH-64 is an attack helicopter that has a crew of two — a pilot and a co-pilot gunner ...

  8. AgustaWestland Apache - Wikipedia

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    The helicopter was initially designated WAH-64 by Westland Helicopters and was later given the designation Apache AH Mk 1 (also written as "Apache AH1") by the Ministry of Defence. The Apache was a valued form of close air support in the conflict in Afghanistan, being deployed to the region in 2006. Naval trials and temporary deployments at sea ...

  9. Drone-hunting helicopters are bolstering Israel and Ukraine's ...

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    Here, an Israeli Apache AH-64 attack helicopter flies over the Mediterranean. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Given the sheer volume of enemy drones, helicopters have joined the counter-drone fight.