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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 244. Chapters: Boeing AH-64 Apache, AgustaWestland AW101, Mil Mi-24, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Westland Sea King, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, HAL Dhruv, AgustaWestland Apache, Bell OH-58 Kiowa, CAIC WZ-10, Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, Westland Lynx, Boeing Chinook (UK variants), Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, Bell AH-1 Cobra, Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, NHIndustries NH90, Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, Westland Scout, Kamov Ka-50, Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, Mil Mi-8, Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel, Eurocopter Tiger, Military helicopter, Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, Mil Mi-17, Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King, Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird, Sikorsky MH-53, Sikorsky H-34, List of Boeing CH-47 Chinook operators, Sikorsky CH-53K Super Stallion, Bell H-13 Sioux, MBB Bo 105, Attack helicopter, Mil Mi-26, Piasecki H-21, Bell AH-1Z Viper, Mil Mi-28, Hughes OH-6 Cayuse, Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, Bell CH-146 Griffon, Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota, H-1 upgrade program, Westland Wasp, Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk, Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone, Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite, Mitsubishi H-60, Sikorsky H-5, Platt-LePage XR-1. Excerpt: The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. Originally, the Apache started life as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra, and was first flown on 30 September 1975. The AH-64 was introduced to U.S. Army service in April 1986. The AH-64 Apache features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30-millimeter (1.2 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. The U.S. Army selected the AH-64, by Hughes Helicopters, over the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982. McDonnell Douglas continued production and development after purchasing Hughes Helicopters from Summa Corporation in 1984. The first production AH-64D Apache Longbow, an upgraded version of the original Apache, was delivered to the Army in March 1997. Production has been continued by Boeing Defense, Space & Security; over 1,000 AH-64s have been produced to date. The U.S. Army is the primary operator of the AH-64; it has also become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingdom as the AgustaWestland Apache. U.S. AH-64s have served in conflicts in Panama, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Israel has made active use of the Apache in its military conflicts in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip; both British and U.S. AH-64s have seen deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Following the cancellation of the AH-56 Cheyenne in 1972, i
