The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage, and four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons for carrying armament and stores, typically a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has significant systems redundancy to improve combat survivability.

The Apache began as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The prototype YAH-64 was first flown on 30 September 1975. The U.S. Army selected the YAH-64 over the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982. After purchasing Hughes Helicopters in 1984, McDonnell Douglas continued AH-64 production and development. The helicopter was introduced to U.S. Army service in April 1986. The advanced AH-64D Apache Longbow was delivered to the Army in March 1997. Production has been continued by Boeing Defense, Space & Security, with over 2,400 AH-64s being produced by 2020.

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, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. It has been built under license in the United Kingdom as the AgustaWestland Apache. American AH-64s have served in conflicts in Panama, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Israel used the Apache in its military conflicts in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. British and Dutch Apaches have seen deployments in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Pictured here is a 1:48 scale replica of a US Army AH-64A attack helicopter that was flown by the US Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division. Comes equipped with a wide array of detachable ordnance (two Hydra rocket pods and two pylons of four Hellfire missiles), opening canopy, movable chain gun and chin-mounted PNVS/FLIR pod, and spinning rotors. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 13-inches
Rotor Span: 21-3/4-inches

Release Date: June 2003

Historical Account: "Indian Country" - The Boeing AH-64A Apache multi-role combat helicopter was known to be the preeminent and most powerful anti-armor weapon system in the Gulf War. The awesome Apache, equipped with advanced avionics and weapon systems, can carry up to 16 AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, 76 70mm folding-fin aerial rockets - or a combination of both - and 1,200 30mm rounds for its M230 automatic cannon. The Apache was designed to perform its combat missions day or night and in adverse weather.

Today, the Apache has evolved into the next-generation AH-64D Apache Longbow, the world's most capable multi-role combat helicopter, and a key part of the U.S. Army's Objective Force for the future.