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The Boeing AH-64 Apache (/ əˈpætʃi / ə-PATCH-ee) is an American twin- turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. Nose-mounted sensors help acquire targets and provide night vision. It carries a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun under its forward fuselage and four hardpoints on stub ...
71-21047 – Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama [38] AH-1S. 67-15546 – Arkansas Air & Military Museum in Fayetteville, Arkansas [39] 67-15661 – American Legion Post #100 in Sparta, Wisconsin. [citation needed] 67-15685 – New Jersey National Guard Museum, in Sea Girt, New Jersey. [citation needed]
Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Charles Guthrie, 1996. In September 1998, Westland produced the first prototype WAH-64 Apache under licence from Boeing. The first nine Apache AH1s were authorised for service by the director of British Army Aviation on 16 January 2001. The 67th and final Apache was handed over to the British Army in July 2004. The helicopter fleet's cost was around £3. ...
The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single- rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. It was produced by the American manufacturer Bell Helicopter and is closely related to the Model 206A JetRanger civilian helicopter. The OH-58 was originally developed during the early 1960s as the D-250 ...
The MAPS Air Museum is an aviation museum in Green, Ohio, United States. [1] Run by the Military Aviation Preservation Society, it is located off SR241 on the west side of the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. [1] The museum holds more than 50 aircraft, [2] most on loan from the U.S. Air Force or Navy for restoration.
A fleet of nine British Army Apache attack helicopters has set out for Finland to join a training mission described as the “largest Nato exercise since the Cold War”.
GKN. (1994–2000) Westland Helicopters was a British aircraft manufacturer. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War. It was amalgamated with several other British firms in 1960 and 1961. In 2000, it merged with Italian helicopter manufacturer Agusta to form AgustaWestland. [1]
The Bell AH-1Z Viper[3] is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter. It is one of the latest members of the prolific Bell Huey family. It is often called "Zulu Cobra", based on the military phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter.