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The AH-64 was named the Apache in late 1981, after the Apache tribe, following the tradition of naming Army helicopters after Native American tribes. It was approved for full-scale production in 1982. [15] In 1983, the first production helicopter was rolled out at Hughes Helicopter's facility at Mesa, Arizona.
7 May 2015 – Damaged or Destroyed – A Saudi Arabian Army Aviation Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter made an emergency landing just inside the Yemeni territory in Najran, because of a technical failure. [12] The Houthis claimed they forced the helicopter down. The helicopter suffered minor damage according to Saudi officials. [13]
21 June – Two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force are shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces after straying into Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic airspace. One aircraft is destroyed with the loss of eight lives. The other is damaged; it is later repaired with permission from Soviet authorities and returns to Iran.
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A Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter of the US Army crashed in Fort Novosel, Alabama. One crew member was killed and another was injured. [431] 14 August. Two French Air Force Dassault Rafale fighter jets collided mid-air and crashed near the town of Colombey-les-Belles, in Meurthe-et-Moselle department. One pilot ejected safely from his ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a series of three contract awards to Boeing , worth a combined $129 million, all relating to the sale of Apache AH-64D attack helicopters to ...
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, and is now owned and operated by the city of Mesa.
According to prosecutors, Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, after the protester threw a plastic bag at the teenager, missing him. But to Pierce, the situation was far more dire.