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The AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter that first flew in 1975 and has been produced since 1984. It was designed by Hughes Helicopters, but that later became McDonnell Douglas, which later became Boeing. It is designed to attack things on the ground to help soldiers. To do this, it can carry 16 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, along with rocket pods, and a 30mm chain gun that can fire 625 rounds per minute. It can carry 1,200 bullets. It can also carry missiles like the AIM-9 Sidewinder to shoot down things in the air if it is attacked by fighter aircraft or other helicopters.

AH-64 details

The AH-64 is 49.11 feet (14.97 meters) long, 17.16 feet (5.23 meters) wide, and 16.24 feet (4.95 meters) tall. Without anything, it weighs 11,799 pounds (5,352 kilograms). Full, it weighs 22,282 pounds (10,107 kilograms). It is powered by 2 General Electric T700-GE-701C engines. It can go 162 miles per hour (261 kilometers per hour), can fly 1,181 miles (1,900 kilometers) without refueling, can fly 9,478 feet (2,889 meters) high, and can climb 2,415 feet a minute (736 meters a minute).

The AH-64's users

The AH-64 has been used by the United States. It was first used in Operation Just Cause. It has also been used by Israel, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.

Concept and Building History

The need of a new and highly secure helicopter was first felt in the beginning of the 1990s. The great military power, the British Army, identified this need and by February 1993 they finalised the need with an invitation to bid for the design, construction and trial of the new concept.

Among the bidding companies were: Boeing and Sikorsky with the RAH-66 Comanche, Agusta with the A129 Mangusta, British Aerospace and Eurocopter with the Tiger, GEC Marconi and Bell Helicopter the Cobra Venom, and Westland and McDonnell Douglas with the AH-64 Apache. The decision was taken later in July in 2005 and the winning aircraft builder was Westland and McDonnell Douglas with the Apache. One year later in 2006 the tow Parties signed a contract for 67 helicopters. This is how the WAH-64D Apache era started.

The 67 WAH-64D Apache attack helicopters were built by the merged companies Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (1997) and Westland between 1999 and 2004. The first aircraft was built by Boeing and delivered to the Army in March 1999, followed by the Westland, who built their first aircraft in 2000 and delivered in July 2000. The last aircraft was built and delivered in July 2004. .

Images for kids

  • Hughes experimental copter

    An early Hughes YAH-64 prototype with T-tail

  • YAH-64 1982 01759-1 cr

    A YAH-64A prototype in 1982

  • YAH-64 parked right-front view

    A YAH-64A in 1984

  • RNLAF AH-64 Apache at the Oirschotse Heide Low Flying Area (36570605232)

    AH-64 Apache in flight

  • Female Apache Pilot MOD 45151297

    British Apache pilot with IHADSS

  • Ah-64 ground with weapons (cropped)

    AH-64 Apache weapon loadout

  • AH-64 Apache extraction exercise

    AH-64 during an extraction exercise at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo in 2007 with a soldier on the avionics bay.

  • AH-64 from above

    AH-64 over Baghdad, Iraq on a reconnaissance mission, 2007

  • Israeli AH-64D edited-01

    IAF AH-64D "Saraph"

  • Westland apache wah-64d longbow zj206 arp

    UK Army Air Corps Westland WAH-64D Apache Longbow displays at a UK airshow

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    Royal Netherlands Air Force AH-64D at the Farnborough Airshow, 2006

  • Luchtmachtdagen 2011 Royal Netherlands Air Force (6188225481)

    A Royal Netherlands Air Force AH-64D Apache from the Apache Solo Display Team

  • Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation AH-64A Apache helicopter (2005)

    Royal Saudi Land Forces AH-64A, 2005

  • Induction Of AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter in Indian Air Force (1)

    An IAF AH-64E in 2019

  • ROCA AH-64E 810 Taking off from ROCMA Ground 20140531d

    ROCA AH-64E in 2014

  • Helikopter AH-64E Apache Guardian TNI AD 2

    Indonesian Army Aviation AH-64E Guardian in 2018

  • Two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters on exercise at Talisman Sabre 2019 SHOALWATER BAY QLD AUSTRALIA 07.08.2019

    Two US Army AH-64 Apaches during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019, in Queensland, Australia

  • Hatzerim 270613 Apache

    Israeli Air Force AH-64A Peten

  • US Army YPG JAGM Testing with AH-64

    An AH-64D tests the AGM-179 JAGM at the Yuma Proving Ground

  • AH-64E Apache-Guardian-0006

    AH-64E Apache Guardian

  • U.S. Army AH-64 prepares to launch from USS Nassau Feb 2005

    A U.S. Army AH-64A Apache aboard USS Nassau during Joint Shipboard Weapons and Ordnance training

  • Two AH-64DHAs put on a very spirited display for the crowd

    A Hellenic Army AH-64

  • Apache at Air Force Day Parade, at Air Force Station Hindan, in Ghaziabad (cropped)

    An AH-64E Apache of the Indian Air Force

  • Boeing (Fuji) AH-64DJP Apache Longbow, Japan - Army AN2227712

    A Fuji Heavy Industries license built Apache for the Japanese GSDF

  • AH-64 Apache conducting pilot certification training Fort Wainwright

    A U.S. Army ski equipped AH-64 training Fort Wainwright, Alaska

  • McDONNELL DOUGLAS AH-64 APACHE

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