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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.
This is another variant of the U.S. Army's UH-60 Blackhawk. 1974 1982 101 Bell YAH-63: Attack helicopter Bell Model 409. Particaped in the Advanced Attack Helicopter (AAH) competition. Lost to the YAH-64. 1975 Never 3 Boeing AH-64 Apache: Attack helicopter Boeing: Manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas after buyout of Hughes Helicopters. 1975 1984 1174
The Apache began as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The prototype YAH-64 first flew on 30 September 1975. The U.S. Army selected the YAH-64 over the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982.
The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne is an attack helicopter developed by Lockheed for the United States Army.It rose from the Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System (AAFSS) program to field the service's first dedicated attack helicopter.
This is a list of United States Army aircraft battalions. The aviation battalions in the US Army are generally attached to divisions, corps and armies and mostly consist of helicopters, both attack and reconnaissance. The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades.
The AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. ... Airbus Group’s military helicopters ...
About 20 U.S. Apache military attack helicopters landed at Lielvarde military airfield in Latvia on Thursday, hours after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steve Gorski, stationed in Fort Drum in New York, talked to visitors in front of the AH-64 Apache, the Army’s only attack helicopter currently in service.