Apache attack helicopter News
Under a $800 million agreement signed with the United States in February 2020, the Indian Army was slated to receive six Apache AH-64E attack helicopters. Its arrival on Tuesday assumes significance against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor.
The Indian Air Force already has a fleet of 22 Apache helicopters deployed at both western and northern borders and the Army inductions would take the joint inventory to 28.
Next time when terrorists try to infiltrate from Pakistan, they will not be attacked from the ground, but will be attacked directly from the sky. Indian Army is soon going to get dangerous and powerful Apache attack helicopters.
Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking for 114 combat aircraft to bolster its fighter stream and eyeing top jets from the United States of America, Europe and Russia for the same. Major defence companies have responded to the multi-billion dollar deal and USA's Boeing, which has already put its F/A-18 Super Hornet in the race, may also offer its F-15EX fighters to the IAF.
The first batch of the Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack Helicopters arrived in India in July at the IAF Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad.
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The first Apache Guardian attack helicopter was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at a production facility of Boeing in Arizona
The Apache helicopters are considered world's most lethal attack choppers.
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