Apache helicopter Gunships

Salt water corrosion issues have forced the US Army to stop accepting deliveries of Boeing's AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. During a 20 April press conference, army secretary Mark Esper confirmed that the service has stopped accepting deliveries of the AH-64E Apache due to strap pack nut assembly ...

Boeing's AH-64 Apache helicopter is the aerial attack dog of the U.S. Army, its M230 chain gun designed to perforate and intimidate targets in the field. But after three decades, the Army's putting the attack copter on ice ahead of a come-to-Jesus moment — so to speak. The Army in February ceased ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has stopped taking deliveries of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from Boeing because the service is not confident in the durability of what it ... “We stopped accepting deliveries of new AH-64 Echoes because of a strap pack nut that we believe to be really suspect,” Brig.

The 28-year-old warrant officer was one of two pilots taking part in a training mission Friday night when their AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed at Fort Campbell, Ky., an Army post that straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Casadona and Chief Warrant Officer Ryan Connolly, 37, were killed in the crash ...

WASHINGTON – The Army pilots killed Friday when their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed in Kentucky were a 17-year veteran of the service and a Marine-turned-Army aviator, according to military officials. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Connolly and Warrant Officer James Casadona were on a training ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. A Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed during a training flight, killing two soldiers in the U.S. Army 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on the night of Friday, 6 April 2018. Army officials in Washington released a statement, which reads: “At approximately ...

The Army has identified the two soldiers who died Friday when their AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed at the local training area at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. ... On April 3, a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a training flight in California, killing the four crew members on board.

The lump sum of accidents were among the UH-60A and L Black Hawk utility helicopters and the AH-64D Apache attack helicopters. ... The AH-64 D-model had 14 accidents of which three were Class A. One mishap description indicates human error while the other two indicate mechanical failure. All took ...

Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade were killed late Friday when their AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed at ... Later that day, a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a training flight in California, killing the four crew members on board.

The bill grows the Marine Corps' CH-53K helicopter program from four to six aircraft, at a cost of $250 million. The service ... The omnibus also includes significant plus-ups for Army aviation, including an extra $577 million for 17 AH-64E Apache helicopters and $90 million for 11 UH-72 Lakota helicopters.

The laser has been fitted to SOCOM's favorite light vehicle, the Polaris MRZR (see above), tested on Apache helicopters, and it could be installed on aircraft from Reapers to V-22s. The pod weighs 1,000 pounds so the range of airframes is pretty big. Hunt says the system on the MRZR “is already fieldable” ...

The Apache helicopter co-pilot saved US soldiers who were ambushed in 2012. He is said to have attacked the Taliban with bullets so the Americans could escape and airlift injured troops to safety, The Sun reports. John Zanetis, 73, from Indiana, whose son Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis was one of those ...

The Army National Guard is looking to increase the number of Apache attack helicopters per battalion after the force level was reduced by top decision-makers ... The Army announced in January that it had decided to keep four out of eight National Guard Apache battalions, a change from the 2014 Aviation ...

A U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopter fires rockets during a joint live-fire drill between South Korea and the U.S. on Aug. ... SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean military plans to buy more Apache heavy-attack helicopters to lead the deployment across enemy lines should conflict erupt on the Korean ...

In a big leap for India's defence manufacturing, Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) today inaugurated its facility to produce fuselages for the AH-64 Apache helicopter. Spread over 14,000-square metres and employing 350 highly skilled ...

INDIA is pushing to reach an agreement with Donald Trump to purchase Apache helicopters after sending a Letter of Request (LoR) that could be a .... The AH-64 Apache chopper is armed with a 30millimetre M230 chain gun and can carry a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods.

New Delhi has sent a letter of request (LoR) to the United States (US) regarding a possible sale of the defense items, which constitutes one of the first steps in making an arms deal with Washington. The US army is the main operator of Apache helicopters. Meanwhile, Japan, Israel, Greece, the Netherlands, ...

Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited, a joint venture of Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems on Thursday inaugurated its facility here to co-produce the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselage and other aerostructures. Spread over 14,000 square meters and employing 350 highly skilled workers, the facility ...

The US Army is the main operator of Apache helicopters. Japan, Israel, Greece, the Netherlands, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates also fly Apaches. According to the Diplomat, the attack helicopters would join the Indian Army's Aviation Corps, (AAC) as opposed to the Indian Air Force. The Indian ...

Female Apache helicopter pilot wants to be a role model for young women ... Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jessi McCormick is one of the few female Apache helicopter pilots serving in the U.S. military, and Mississippi's one and only female Apache pilot. Advertisement. After years of military service, classes, ...

The six AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships are reportedly slated for delivery in 2020 after the completion of an initial order placed in 2015 for 22 AH-64Es and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The six additional helicopters, however, are intended for service in the ...

I saw Chinook, Blackhawk, and Apache helicopters sprawled across the airfield, many of which were on the ground and being worked on, while a few periodically hovered above. I then met Chief Warrant Officer Zachary Eichhorn, and he walked me over to the AH-64 Delta Longbow attack chopper pictured ...

India placed orders worth $3.1 billion for 22 Apache helicopters and 15 Chinook heavy-lift choppers in 2015 for its air force. These machines will start arriving in the middle of 2019, changing the complexion of the Indian Air Force's helicopter fleet that consists mainly of Russian platforms. The six Apaches ...

... Netherlands of an Apache helicopter upgrade package, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 20 February. In the package worth $1.191 billion, the Netherlands has requested items and services to support the upgrade/remanufacture of 28 AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters to ...

"The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands of items and services to support the upgrade/remanufacture of AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters to the AH-64E configuration for an estimated cost of $1.191 billion," the release said on ...

The State Department has approved the Dutch government's request to procure from the U.S. government equipment and services to support upgrades to AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters under a potential $1.2 billion foreign military sales agreement. Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin ...