page_title: Boeing AH-64 Apache
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Boeing AH-64 Apache / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: AH-64 Apache aviators from 1st Battalion, 25th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, conduct pilot certification training Jan. 20, 2016, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The 1-25th ARB is in the process of certifying its aviators to validate the unit for potential future deployments in the Pacific and across the world.
context_page_description: 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 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.
context_section_description:  Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force (AH-64D)
   Greece
  Hellenic Army (AH-64A/D)
   India
  Indian Air Force - 22 AH-64Es in inventory as of July 2020
  Indian Army - 6 AH-64Es on order
   Indonesia
  Indonesian Army (AH-64E)
   Israel
  Israeli Air Force (AH-64A/D)
   Japan
  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (AH-64D)
   Kuwait
  Kuwait Air Force (AH-64D)
   Netherlands
  Royal Netherlands Air Force (AH-64D)
   Morocco
  Royal Moroccan Air Force - 24 AH-64Es on order
   Qatar
  Qatar Emiri Air Force (AH-64E)
   Saudi Arabia
  Royal Saudi Land Forces (AH-64A/D/E)
  Saudi Arabia National Guard (AH-64E)
   Singapore
  Republic of Singapore Air Force (AH-64D)
   South Korea
  Republic of Korea Army (AH-64E)
   Taiwan (Republic of China)
  Republic of China Army (AH-64E)
   United Arab Emirates
  United Arab Emirates Air Force (AH-64D/E)
   United Kingdom
  See also AgustaWestland Apache
   United States
  United States Army (AH-64D/E)
caption: A U.S. Army ski equipped AH-64 training Fort Wainwright, Alaska
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