As we all know, the full name of Apache helicopter is Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship, and it is the military and gunship helicopter of main force of the army in the United States at present, and it came and originated from the United States Army Project—the Advanced Attack Helicopter in the last early seventies century, namely, the AAH Project. Besides, it is also the successor and next military helicopter model of AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, and the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship has already been widely spread and used by more than 13 countries and many areas in the world in the last few years including Japan and Chinese Taiwan as well as Israel. Thus, let’s learn something important about the actual and practical performance of Apache Helicopters in the wars as follows.
When it came to the war of invading the Panamanian, the AH-64 firstly and practically showed themselves when the United Stated invaded the Panamanian to catch and arrest the General Manuel Noriega in December of 1989. At that time, the 11 units of the AH-64A of the U.S 82 Army division participated in this action, and during this war, the AH-64A totally executed and carried out the flying tasks for more than 200 hours, and they also launched 7 hellfire missiles, and the aims also contained the headquarter of the General Manuel Noriega, and finally the 7 hellfire missiles all accurately hit.
Moreover, as for the Persian Gulf War, the real military drill of American armies using the AH-64 was occurred in the Persian Gulf War, and it was generally estimated that there were more than 277 AH-64A in this war. At that time, the AH-64A not only defeated the large but useless armored forces of Iraq, but also they almost and completely seized the style and honor of these main battle tanks manufactured by advanced countries, such as the M1A1 and the Challenger Main battle tank, etc.
Furthermore, when it came to the famous Afghan War, as we all know, on 11th, September, 2001, the terrorist group “Taliban” organization whose leader was the Osama bin Ladan attacked the United States and also launched an unprecedented large-scale terrorist attacks, and in this war, the famous World Trade Center building in New York city in the U.S was attacked and also part of the Pentagon was also attacked. After that, in order to revenge and fight back, the United States attacked the Afghan government which always helped and sheltered the “Taliban” organization, so the United Stated launched the Operation Enduring Freedom to the Afghan in March of 2002, and the AH-64A helicopter also participated in this war. In the meantime, due to the weak Armor strength of Afghan, the main task of the AH-64A was to help American Armies on the ground or attack the enemies deeply. Finally, the AH-64A helicopter successfully won this war.
In addition, we really hope that all the important information mentioned above can be useful and helpful to all of you.