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  2. Boeing AH-64 Apache - Wikipedia

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    The AH-64's standard of performance for aerial gunnery is to achieve at least 1 hit for every 30 shots fired at a wheeled vehicle at a range of 800–1,200 m (870–1,310 yd). [58] British Apache pilot with IHADSS. The AH-64 was designed to perform in front-line environments, and to operate at night or day and during adverse weather conditions ...

  3. Advanced Attack Helicopter - Wikipedia

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    AAH sought an attack helicopter based on combat experience in Vietnam, with a lower top speed of 145 knots (269 km/h) and twin engines for improved survivability. [12] To this end, the US Army issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for an Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) on 15 November 1972. [11]

  4. Hughes Helicopters - Wikipedia

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    (Top) 1 History. 2 Aircraft. 3 Notes. 4 References. ... Experimental high speed helicopter Hughes AH-64 Apache: 1975 2,400 [c] Attack helicopter Hughes 500 Defender ...

  5. AN/APG-78 Longbow - Wikipedia

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    The AN/APG-78 Longbow is a millimeter-wave fire-control radar (FCR) system for the AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopter. It was initially developed in the 1980s as the Airborne Adverse Weather Weapon System (AAWWS) as part of the Multi-Stage Improvement Program (MSIP) to enhance the AH-64A. [2] By 1990, both AAWWS and MSIP were renamed Longbow. [3]

  6. Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche - Wikipedia

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    An RAH-66 Comanche flying in formation with an AH-64 Apache. Part of the Comanche's planned role was to designate targets for the Apache. [10]The flight test program was conducted using the pair of prototypes produced, which had been assigned the serial numbers 94-0327 and 95-0001.

  7. Hydra 70 - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. Army, Hydra 70 rockets are fired from the AH-64 Apache and AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter variants using M261 19-tube rocket launchers, and the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior using seven-tube M260 rocket launchers.

  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. Air-to-Air Stinger - Wikipedia

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    Turkish T129 ATAK helicopter with two air-to-air Stinger missiles mounted under-wing. The Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) [1] (also unofficially called AIM-92 Stinger) is an air-to-air missile system developed from the shoulder-launched FIM-92 Stinger, for use on helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache, T129 ATAK, [2] Eurocopter Tiger, and also UAVs such as the MQ-1 Predator.