The Apache Helicopter: The World’s Most Battle-Proven Gunship

The AH-64A Apache first saw combat in Panama during Operation Just Cause. There, the Apache provided nighttime fire support for American ground troops. In the years that followed, the helicopters were used more and more frequently. During the First Gulf War, Apaches destroyed more than 500 Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other enemy vehicles.
Having amassed 1.3 million flight hours in combat to date, the Apache can now be considered the most battle-proven attack helicopter in the world.
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[@deadsweetheart1]

Eh I’ll always like the cobra better but I’m biased I grew up next to a cobra and Huey airfield. I saw the teething problem the Apache and Blackhawk had and how contracts were jammed through before proper testing was done just like the osprey

[@jupiterjunk]

"Jammed Through before Proper Testing" (JT\PT) IS the mantra of government procurement.

[@traveltrailerlife]

I'm a Veteran of Vietnam (70-71) and Gulf War 1991 Iraq ... Iraq ( 04-05) Wars . I was a door gunner UH-1 helicopter in Vietnam with the 118th AHC .... And in Iraq worked on AH-64A Apache attack helicopter for the 1/151Aviation Regiment ... Retired 2011 I was in Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) in 1989 with 1st Battalion, 245th Aviation (Airborne) ... May 1990, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). As demand for highly trained special operations aviation assets bloomed, the regiment activated three battalions, a separate detachment, and incorporated one Army National Guard unit, the 1st Battalion, 245th Aviation (Airborne) (OK ARNG). kzbin.info/www/bejne/anOzYWeCqaeKlas 118th Assault Helicopter Company www.118ahc.org/ www.118ahc.org/2ndPlatoon.htm AH-64A Apache attack helicopter for the 1/151Aviation Regimen

[@gaius_enceladus]

Thank you for your service. One of my "bucket list" items is to have a flight in a Huey! It'll always be my favourite helicopter, for both the looks and the sound.

[@pyeitme508]

NOICE!

[@tommy_boy2472]

Hey I fix that thing

[@robgeenen79]

Hey I used to break that thing 😂

[@tommy_boy2472]

@robgeenen79 your the reason for my caffeine dependency

[@robgeenen79]

@@tommy_boy2472 I appreciate all your work! Go team!

[@rubenlopez1393]

🔥

[@Krevin1775]

fucking awesome

[@samr9520]

I was a mechanic on this. Fort Eustis Virginia. Delta model.

[@wyattblessing7078]

I'm sorry to report this, but due to our current Administrations dislike for naming conventions that honor former foe's, the "Apache" has been renamed the "Poof Poof Rainbow Candy Coated Death Machine"

[@gforce0311]

Second baddest...Zulu Viper 👌

[@matthewstueber2783]

The Zulu Viper wishes it was an Apache

[@skilovescoffee]

ARTS

[@kyledunn6853]

DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!

[@right584]

Pretty sure mi-28 mi-24 and ka-52 are more battle tested

[@user-mn5tv4gb8s]

Hier der Darcho Jandreoski Pegasus Galactica 7 und die Kampf Weltraum Raumschiffe Jahr 1985 Brentano Bad Frankfurt am Main - Die Heroin Süchtige Gesellschaft hat gesagt ja dann Löschen wir uns selber aus Datum : 15.08.2023

[@MrThomasTomThomas]

Send them to Ukraine 😍🚀

[@7thsign240]

Only to get shot down

[@jesperwall839]

I’m quite sure that the Russian MI-24 Hind has seen quite a bit more combat.

[@wyattblessing7078]

I'm pretty sure the Russian Hind had its flight hour's cut short, by Stinger Missiles.

[@jesperwall839]

@@wyattblessing7078 That’s absolutely true, but I guess it still have more flight hours in combat 😂

[@jaytheman3]

The Hind has been around longer

[@robgeenen79]

"quite sure"... Feel free to present any supporting data.

[@wyattblessing7078]

@@robgeenen79 Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken.[2] Funding officially began with $695,000 in mid-1979,[3] was increased dramatically to $20-$30 million per year in 1980, and rose to $630 million per year in 1987,[1][4][5] described as the "biggest bequest to any Third World insurgency".[6] The first CIA-supplied weapons were antique British Lee-Enfield rifles shipped out in December 1979; by September 1986 the program included U.S.-origin state of the art weaponry, such as FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missiles, some 2,300 of which were ultimately shipped into Afghanistan.[7] Funding continued (albeit reduced) after the 1989 Soviet withdrawal, as the mujahideen continued to battle the forces of President Mohammad Najibullah's army during the Afghan Civil War (1989-1992).[8]

[@THEBOSS-xi2oj]

I'm sorry. But how many combat hours does the Apache have? No where near what the OH58 Kiowa does. LoL. Kiowa's are just simply better and have pilots that simply have bigger balls.

[@jaytheman3]

Kiowa’s are ancient technology and meant for Cold War tactics. Warfare evolves and requires different technology platforms based off location. The Kiowa was extremely power limited for the amount of technology that was on it. It was long overdue for its retirement. Kiowa guys can be sour about it but it’s just a fact.

[@billycarroll4978]

The OH-58D amassed just over 800,000 combat flight hours. The AH-64 has well over 1,300,000 combat hours. Next.