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 YAH-64 was designed as a two-place, twin-engine ground attack helicopter. The pilots sit in tandem configuration like the earlier Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra. The prototype was 57.50 feet (17.526 meters) long, with rotors turning, and the fuselage …

Introduced in Update "Direct Hit", the YAH-64 is a two-seat, twin-engine ground attack helicopter with the gunner (front) and pilot (rear) sitting in tandem, similar to the AH-1 Cobra.

Armed with 16 laser-guided precision Hellfire missiles, 76 70mm rockets, or combination of both, and a 30mm automatic cannon with up to 1200 rounds of high explosive dual purpose ammunition, the AH-64A was developed for the U.S. Army to help counter a numerical advantage in Warsaw Pact armored forces.

First Flew on September 30, 1975 , the Hughes YAH-64 was winner of the US Army Advanced Attack Helicopter competition (AAH). McDonnell Douglas acquired Hughes before the AH-64A production model deliveries began. AH-64 development began under Hughes as the Model 77 …

Sep 9, 2022 · The AH-64 is propelled by twin General Electric T700 turboshaft engines, whose exhausts are mounted high-up on both sides of the fuselage, which give it a top speed of over 173 miles per hour, a maximum climb rate of 2800 feet per …

One good example of the style is the Boeing (previously McDonnell Douglas and originally Hughes) "AH-64 Apache" gunship, the mainstay of the US Army's attack helicopter force, also in service with several foreign nations. This document provides a history and description of the Apache. A list of illustration credits is provided at the end.

The YAH-64 performance data contained in this Flight Profile Performance Handbook (FPPH) series was originally acquired as a data base for the Aircraft Mission Processing Simulation (AMPS) model.

Aug 20, 2024 · At 02:39 on the opening night of Operation Desert Storm eight U.S. Army AH-64 Apache and U.S. Air Force MH-53 Pave Low helicopters struck two radar sites in Iraq. The AH-64s destroyed control vans and support equipment with Hellfire missiles.

The YAH-64 is the first Army attack helicopter designed specifically for day or night, adverse weather, antiarmor missions. It carries a crew of two; the pilot in the rear, the copilot...