Best of AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter - Aerial Gunnery & Maintenance [Training Video]

Compilation of the AH-64 Apache helicopter in action. Video features AH-64 Apache helicopters while conducting close air support proficiency trainings, several live fire exercises, demonstration of capabilities to public and maintenance on helicopters.

00:00 - U.S. Airmen conduct call for fire and close air support proficiency training with U.S. Army AH-64D Apaches

02:34 - AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters participate in Joint Forcible Entry Exercise (JFE) at the Army's National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif.

07:52 - AH-64D Apache FLIR footage during the Gunfighter Fly-in competition at Barry Goldwater Range, Arizona.

10:10 - AH-64D Apache onboard systems check, ammo load & flight

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American four-blade, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability.

The U.S. Army is the primary operator of the AH-64, it has also become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingdom as the AgustaWestland Apache.

Video Credits: United States Department of Defense

Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore