OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 57 AH-64 APACHE UNITS US ARMY AFGHANISTAN IRAQ ATTACK HEL

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OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 57 AH-64 APACHE UNITS US ARMY AFGHANISTAN IRAQ

 

SOFTBOUND BOOK

 

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN

 

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OIF

 

HUGHES / McDONNELL DOUGLAS / BOEING AH-64 APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER

 

COMBAT DEBUT: PANAMA, DESERT STORM

 

UPGRADES & IMPROVEMENTS

 

AFGHANISTAN

 

OPERATION ANACONDA

 

MEDEVAC ESCORT – AFSOC

 

ESCORT, STABILIZATION AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY

 

OPERATION MOUNTAIN SWEEP

 

ALAMO SWEEP

 

IN-COUNTRY TRAINING

 

SOF SUPPORT

 

REINFORCEMENTS

 

INCREASE IN ATTACKS

 

JOINT OPERATIONS

 

IRAQ

 

DEEP ATTACK – KARBALA

 

101ST AIR ASSAULT

 

OPERATION PENINSULA STRIKE

 

COUNTER TERROR OPERATIONS

 

1ST ARMORED DIVISION

 

DESERT SCORPION / IVY SERPENT

 

IRON HAMMER

 

OPERATION RED DAWN

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Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia

U.S. Apaches served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from 2001. The Apache was the only Army platform capable of providing accurate CAS duties for Operation Anaconda, regularly taking fire during the intense early fighting, they were typically repaired quickly. U.S. AH-64Ds typically flew in Afghanistan and Iraq without the Longbow Radar in the absence of armored threats. On 21 December 2009, a pair of U.S. Apaches attacked a British-held base in a friendly fire incident, killing one British soldier. In 2006, Thomas Adams noted that Apaches often fought in small teams with little autonomy to react to threats and opportunities, requiring lengthy dialogue with command structures in an effort to centrally micromanage each unit.

In 2003, the AH-64 participated in the invasion of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 24 March 2003, 31 Apaches were damaged, one shot down and its crew captured, in an unsuccessful attack on an Iraqi Republican Guard armored brigade near Karbala. Iraqi tank crews had set up a "flak trap" among terrain and effectively employed their guns. Iraqi officials claimed a farmer with a Brno rifle shot down the Apache] but the farmer denied involvement. The helicopter came down intact and both the pilot and co-pilot were captured. The AH-64D was destroyed via air strike the following day.

By the end of U.S. military operations in Iraq in December 2011, several Apache helicopters had been shot down by enemy fire, and others lost in accidents. In 2006, an Apache was downed by a Soviet-made Strela 2 (SA-7) in Iraq, despite the Apache being typically able to avoid such missiles. In 2007, four Apache helicopters were destroyed on the ground by insurgent mortar fire using web-published geotagged photographs taken by soldiers. Several AH-64s were lost to accidents in Afghanistan. Most Apaches that took heavy damage were able to continue their missions and return safely.

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