There is always Something Bigger and Better

By. Sgt. Dunn

The U.S army has just released the new AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter one month early with their partnership with Boeing. When asked in an interview with 60 Minuets, Lt. Col. Dan Bailey said “This aircraft is so much faster and stronger than anything we’ve ever had in the past.”

The AH-64 sports Twin Turbine Engines with split torque force transmission, giving the chopper twenty percent more power than the last model. Officials state, “The chopper has improved avionics, better computing networking, increased maneuverability, composite rotor blades, and stronger engines.”

The AH-64 has a wide variety of weapons it can choose from. It carries a 30mm M230 chain gun mounted under its nose as well as the ability to carry 16 hellfire anti-tank missiles. If the situation demands it, the Apache can also carry up to seventy-six 70mm unguided rockets under its wings. When interviewers at Military.com asked what he thought Mjr. Gen. Tim Crosby answered, “It’s an amazing game changer.”

These Attack aircrafts were tested at Redstone Test Center in Alabama. The next five of these Aircraft will be going to the 1^st Aviation Brigade also called the “Golden Hawks”, stationed in Ft. Huachuca Arizona. The 1^st Aviation Brigade consists of the 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment; the 1st Battalion, 145th Aviation Regiment; and the 2d Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Next to receive the aircraft will be the 22^nd Aviation Regiment in Ft. Hood Texas. Sources state that the military is going to have 690 Apache aircraft by the end of 2026.