Boeing AH-64 Apache

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 crew of two. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. First flown on 30 September 1975 the AH-64 features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems.

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and tandem 1
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a tandem two-seat attack helicopter.2
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Boeing AH-64 Apache is the predecessor of the AgustaWestland Apache.

The Boeing AH-64 Apache Helicopter was originally designed by Hughes in the 1970s to meet an Army requirement for an advanced attack helicopter. Production was not authorized until 1982.7
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and tandem cockpit for a crew of two.8
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American-made attack helicopter.9
The Hughes / McDonnell Douglas / Boeing AH-64 Apache is a twin-turboshaft-engined two-seat multi-role combat helicopter developed and initially produced by the US-American manufacturer Hughes Helicopters, later by McDonnell Douglas Corporation 10
Boeing AH-64 Apache - The US Army is the primary operator of the AH-64, however it has also become the primary attack helicopter of several nations it has been exported to, 11
More Users
Egyptian Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Height Main
12.7
Height Alt
3.87 m
Length Alt
1063.8
Ferry Range Alt
70800.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of active military aircraft of the United States*List of helicopters*List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War
Range Main
257.0
Loaded Weight Main
17650.0
Combat Radius Main
260.0
Max Speed Alt
10920.0
Type Of Prop
turboshafts
More General
Fuselage length: 49 ft 5 in *Rotor systems: 4 blade main rotor
4 blade tail rotor in non-orthogonal alignment
Crew
2
Loading Main
10
Power/mass Main
647.9999999999999
Introduced
April 1986
Range More
with Longbow radar mast
Power/mass Alt
Max Speed Main
158
Cruise Speed Main
143
Power Alt
-701
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
10433.0
Ceiling Main
21000.0
Number Built
1174
Successor
AgustaWestland Apache
Never Exceed Speed Main
197
Combat Radius Alt
18000.0
Max Takeoff Weight Main
23000.0
Unit Cost
1080.0
1200.0
Loaded Weight Alt
8000.0
Cruise Speed Alt
9900.0
Area Main
1809.5
Primary user
United States Army
Related
*AgustaWestland Apache
Span Alt
14.63 m
Plane Or Copter?
copter
Avionics
*Lockheed Martin - Northrop Grumman AN-APG-78 Longbow fire-control radar
Never Exceed Speed Alt
13620.0
Engine(prop)
General Electric T700-GE-701 and later upgraded to T700-GE-701C & T700-GE-701D
Manufacturer
Boeing Defense
Space & Security
Hughes Helicopters
McDonnell Douglas
Ceiling More
minimum loaded
Status
Active
in production
Missiles
Typically AGM-114 Hellfire variants; AIM-92 Stinger may also be carried.
First Flight
30
Hardpoints
Four pylon stations on the stub wings. Longbows also have a station on each wingtip for an AIM-92 ATAS twin missile pack.
National Origin
United States
Climb Rate Main
2500.0
Power Main
2000.0
Production Start Year
1983
Guns
6780.0
Climb Rate Alt
12.7 m-s
Variants With Their Own Articles
AgustaWestland Apache
See Also
*U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems*Aviation and Missile Research
Development
and Engineering Center*United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
Length Main
58.17
Span Main
1463.04
Area Alt
168.11 m²
Range Alt
17700.0
Rockets
Hydra 70 air-to-ground rockets
Similar Aircraft
*Agusta A129 Mangusta*AH-1Z Viper*Bell YAH-63*CAIC WZ-10*Denel AH-2 Rooivalk*Eurocopter Tiger*HAL Light Combat Helicopter*Kamov Ka-50*Mil Mi-24*Mil Mi-28*TAI-AgustaWestland T-129
Produced
1983
Empty Weight Main
11387.0
Ceiling Alt
6
400 m
Ferry Range Main
1024.0
Category
Boeing aircraft
Gulf War aircraft
Military helicopters
United States attack aircraft 1970-1979
Number Of Props
2
Empty Weight Alt
5165.0
Loading Alt
48

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