AH-64 Apache Orders, Sales & Incidents

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Has anyone on here have any artists impression or graphics or how an AH-64 would look in Heeresflieger (German Army Aviation) please?
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This is great. I'm not a fan of the Eurocopter Tiger, and I wished that Germany had picked the Apache or Cobra.
 
Australia to get AH-64E:

The U.S. Army will receive 115 remanufactured Apaches, with an additional 15 Apaches to be procured as options, ensuring significant savings to taxpayers. The additional 54 aircraft will be delivered to partner nations as part of Foreign Military Sales.
(from Boeing website)


Other international customer(s) not yet named.
 
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Some clarifications:

The FMS sales are to Australia and Egypt, according to the US Department of Defense (DoD) contract announcement. The official breakdown was not immediately available, but Australia announced in 2022 that it would order the 29 AH-64s to replace its Eurocopter EC665 Tigers, and Egypt has contracted 25 sets of sensors for remanufactured Apaches.

 
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The rotor hub looks different from what is usual on a D or E model without Longbow radar. I wonder what has changed.
 
The rotor hub looks different from what is usual on a D or E model without Longbow radar. I wonder what has changed.
That's the MUMT-X (Manned-Unmanned Teaming) kit that lets Apache control and receive imagery from RQ-7 and MQ-1 UAVs. Looks like you can have either Longbow or MUMT-X but not both on the same airframe.


View: https://twitter.com/AbdNav2K2/status/1609958417128460288
 
I would not be surprised if the longbow radar can do the MuM-T function by itself.
It would then make sense to fly with the mast mounted MUMT-X where.a non-longbow is needed.
 
I would not be surprised if the longbow radar can do the MuM-T function by itself.
It would then make sense to fly with the mast mounted MUMT-X where.a non-longbow is needed.

Possibly. There is a lot of imagery out there showing the MUMT functionality on a Longbow Apache. More likely using the data exchange system in the Longbow than the radar proper, I guess.
 
A couple of weekends back we had a foursome of AH-64Es overnight at a local airport. All four had the MUMT-X mast. These were the first E models I have seen up close and all were just a year old.

On the same ramp, we have had a S-58T residing while it waits to do some construction site lifting in the area. She was originally built in 1957 - 66 years old! Damn, as old as me....

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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So any ideas as to what happens to the final Apache AH.1? I would not like it to be scrapped rather I would like it to be displayed in a museum.
 
I'm sure there are likely a number of countries in the que for the platform. Another possibility is that there is a buy back where Boeing with refit them for another customer.
 
I am surpriesed that the Army Air Corp did not purchase and modify the last Apache AH.1 as an AH-64E as it did with the others. I find it all rather strange.
 
Also worth noting that the AH-64E in AAC use is not designated AH.2, it retains its US designation (which seems to be the custom these days for US-acquired kit).
 
State Department making deals to keep the doors open at Boeing, Mesa AZ. Unless the U.S. Army comes up with another refit soon, Boeing will likely close the doors to reduce the fiscal bleeding.
 

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