Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow RNLAF arriving at Fairford to participate in RIAT 2015

Boeing AH-64D (also designated as AH-64DN) Apache Longbow Royal Netherlands Air Force or RNLAF (Dutch: ‘Koninklijke Luchtmacht’ abbreviated as ‘KLu’) Q-29 (c/n DN029) arriving at Fairford UK (FFD) to participate in RIAT 2015 (photo 4568-1).

The Apache originally started 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 first production AH-64D Apache Longbow, an upgraded Apache variant, was delivered to the Army in March 1997. Production has been continued by Boeing Defense, Space & Security; over 2,000 AH-64s have been produced to date.

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.

The AH-64D Apache Longbow is equipped with a glass cockpit and advanced sensors, the most noticeable of which being the AN/APG-78 Longbow millimeter-wave fire-control radar (FCR) target acquisition system and the Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI), housed in a dome located above the main rotor. The radome's raised position enables target detection while the helicopter is behind obstacles (e.g. terrain, trees or buildings).

The RNLAF currently (Q1 2016) has 28 AH-64Ds in its inventory. Of the original 30 two were lost due to crashes (one in Afghanistan, one in Mali).

Source: www.sramble.nl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Marston Meysey (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2015

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