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AH-64 Apache: The Story of America’s Most Famous ‘Tank Killer’ HelicopterThe AH-64 Apache, developed in the 1970s as a premier “tank killer” for the U.S. Army, has evolved into one of the world’s ...
The AH-1 Cobra is a legend of the skies, but the U.S. Army retired it much sooner than the Marines. Here's why the Cobra fell ...
WASHINGTON -- The Army is overhauling its helicopter corps after high-profile setbacks in Iraq. A battle lost, several crashes and the cancellation of the new Comanche stealth helicopter have led ...
While the Comanche’s stealth properties were certainly useful, the helicopter would have remained vulnerable to all manner of short-range anti-aircraft weapons and likely heat-seeking missiles.
While the F-35 stealth fighter might come to mind today, in 2004 the most timely answer might have been the RAH-66 Comanche. The slick-looking stealth helicopter spent twenty-two years in ...
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Defense News on MSNSouth Korea backtracks over follow-on Apache helicopter buySouth Korea won’t abandon attack helicopters altogether. The country’s Marine Corps is acquiring Marine Attack Helicopters, ...
Poland is seeking to purchase 96 Apache attack helicopters, a move that would give the country the 2nd-largest Apache fleet in the world aside from the U.S.
While the AH-64 Apache serves the U.S. Army, the AH-1Z Viper is used by the Marine Corps. They are both legendary helicopters, so let's take a closer look.
The Army hasn’t specifically asked for a new Apache variant but Boeing is confident that its AH-64 is the attack helicopter for decades to come.
The Comanche is a fine and even revolutionary helicopter, but it lacks countermeasures, and equipping the aircraft with survivability systems would be prohibitively expensive, Schoomaker said.
The AH-64D Longbow remanufacture effort incorporates a millimeter wave fire control radar, radar frequency interferometer, fire-and-forget radar-guided HELLFIRE missile and cockpit management and ...
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