Boeing AH-64 Apache

Ang Boeing AH-64 Apache ay isang pang-atakeng helikoptero na may apat na rotor at kambal na makina.  Mayroon din itong tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, at tandem cockpit para sa dalawahang tripulante.  Nagsimula ito bilang ang Modelo 77 na binuo ng Hughes Helicopters para sa Advanced Attack Helicopter ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Estados Unidos upang palitan ang AH-1 Cobra.  Ang prototipo na YAH-64 ay unang lumipad noong Setyembre 30, 1975.

Tinatampok nito ang isang nose-mounted na sensor suite para pagkuha ng tatamaan at mga sistemang night vision o pang-kita sa gabi.  Ito ay armadong ng isang  M230 chain gun

 Mga sanggunian 

 TM 1-1520-251-10 Technical Manual for Helicopter, Attack, AH-64D Longbow Apache, U.S. Army.
 Bernstein, Jonathan. AH-64 Apache units of operations: Enduring Freedom an Iraqi Freedom . Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-848-0.
 Bishop, Chris. Apache AH-64 Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) 1976–2005. Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-816-2.
 Donald, David. "AH-64A/D Apache and AH-64D Longbow Apache". Modern Battlefield Warplanes. AIRtime Publishing Inc, 2004. ISBN 1-880588-76-5.
 Feldman, Shai. The Middle East Strategic Balance, 2003–2004. Sussex Academic Press, 2004. ISBN 1-84519-003-3.
 Fisk, Robert. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. Fourth Estate, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4000-7517-1
 Government Accounting Office. Staff Study: Advanced Attack Helicopter . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Accounting Office, 1974.
 Luttwak, Edward. Strategy: the Logic of War and Peace. Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-674-00703-4.
 Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (OAVCSA). An Abridged History of the Army Attack Helicopter Program. Washington, DC: Department of the Army. 1973.
 Powers, Adam. United States Israeli relations. Nova Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1-59033-133-8.
 Richardson, Doug and Lindsay Peacock. Combat Aircraft: AH-64 Apache. London: Salamander Books, 1992. ISBN 0-86101-675-0.
 Thomas, Adams K. The Army After Next: The First Postindustrial Army. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98107-X.
 Williams, James W. A History of Army Aviation: From its Beginnings to the War on Terror. iUniverse, 2005. ISBN 0-595-36608-2.

 Mga link na panlabas 

 AH-64 Apache U.S. Army fact file
 AH-64 Apache page on Boeing.com 
 AH-64 page on GlobalSecurity.com
 AH-64 Apache  at airforceworld
  AH-64D Apache Longbow on AusAirPower.net
 Apache overview with supporting images on HowStuffWorks.com
 Top 10: Helicopters – AH-64D Apache, Discovery Channel, 8 May 2007
 AH-64E - Official Army video describing Apache Block III technologies.
 Apache Helicopter Acoustic Analysis
 "Boeing eyes X-49A technology for Apache attack helicopter"
 AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar information from Northrop Grumman 

Kategorya:Helikopter