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The City of Mesa purchased the field from the U.S. government for $1. From 1945 to 1965 the field was leased out to industrial interests, including Talley Defense Systems, Astro Rocket Inc., Rocket Power Inc., the Gabriel Company and others. Eventually it became a civil airfield, owned and operated by the city of Mesa.
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (/ ə ˈ p æ tʃ i / 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.
The Lockheed Martin Arrowhead team outfitted the first eight AH-64D Apache Longbows with the new day/night vision system at The Boeing Company’s Apache production facility in Mesa, Arizona, during 2005. The Arrowhead-equipped Apache helicopters departed for Fort Hood in two flights beginning June 23, and were officially delivered on 30 June 2005.
Boeing (BA) to provide integrated logistics support, product assurance and Longbow Crew Trainers for Apache aircraft.
The Department of Defense announced 13 new defense contracts Wednesday, worth $1.14 billion in aggregate. Boeing won two of them: A new $19.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to pay for the labor ...
On the final day of its fiscal year, the Department of Defense announced 95 separate defense contracts Monday, worth $5.526 billion in total. Boeing won three of them: $64.8 million: a firm-fixed ...
It was initially named Mesa Military Airport. the name was changed October 1941 to Higley Field, the base being in the proximity of the town of Higley, Arizona. In February 1942, the growing military airfield's name was changed to Williams Field in honor of Arizona native 1st Lt Charles Linton Williams (1898–1927). [ 1 ]
No sooner had Boeing got the word last week that its sale of 36 Apache attack helicopters to South Korea (for $904 million) was a go, than Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced a similar ...