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AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters fly over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019. Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army via AP The US…

The US Army has announced the grounding of aviation units for training, following the deaths of 12 soldiers in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky in the past month.

  In this photo released by the U.S. Army, AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment hover over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, June 3, 2019 Cameron Roxberry/AP . Toggle legend Cameron Roxberry/AP In this photo released by the U.S. Army, AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters from […]

Good morning! It’s Saturday April 29, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation.

Hellfire I/II missiles are the USA's preferred aerial anti-armor missile, and are widely deployed with America's allies. They equip America's helicopter fleets (AH-64, AH-1, OH-58D, MH-60S/R), AH-64 and S-70 helicopters flown by its allies, and even

As coalition forces push into the Arghandab River Valley, and Taliban reprisals exact their toll on U.S. and Afghan soldiers, Dustoff crews from Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Aviation Brigade, fly throughout the Kandahar province, pulling the wounded from the battlefield.

War takes its toll on equipment, as well as men. In some cases, it wears out. In other cases, enemy fire or accidents destroy equipment. The USA has recognized this fact by funding wartime replacement

Egypt uses systems made in the US, China, Russia and others, and at IDEX 2023, a company says it’s figured out how to make them talk to each other.

Predictive maintenance keeps more platforms combat ready, but the GAO has found the services to be lagging on this 20 year old policy.

The first AH-64E Apache Guardian for the Netherlands was rolled out at Boeing's Mesa production facility in Arizona, on 25 October. The first of 28 Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows to be remanufactured to the latest AH-64E v6 Apache Guardian st...