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The requirement for a new attack helicopter was identified by the British government in the early 1990s. In 1993, invitations to bid were issued. Bids received included the Eurocopter Tiger, a modernised Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, the AH-64 Apache, the Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, and the Agusta A129 Mangusta. [3]
British Army Apache AH-64E attack helicopters are prepared for take off from Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk (Joe Giddens/PA) ... “The cutting-edge new Apache helicopters will join 20,000 ...
Operated by British International Helicopters under MRCOA [f]. [62] Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil: France: Rotorcraft: Trainer: 3: 3: Cobham Helicopter Academy, Newquay under CFAOS [g]. Eurofighter Typhoon: United Kingdom: Jet: Multi-role: 3: 3: BAE Systems, Warton [h]. Hawker Hunter: UK: Jet: Fighter: 3: 3 [63] Hawker Hunter Aviation, RAF ...
The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [3] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
In 2005, all of the regiment's squadrons began converting from the Lynx to the Apache AH Mk1 attack helicopter. [9] In 2022, the Army Air Corps began to transition to the Apache AH-64E. The AAC received 14 of the new attack helicopters on 21 January 2022. [10] The 3rd and 4th Regiments AAC had received 38 AH-64Es in February 2024.
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is a military helicopter, developed by the British-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, and later marketed by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo.
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A British AgustaWestland Apache helicopter fires rockets at enemy insurgents in Afghanistan, June 2008.. An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles and fortifications.