The Army’s mission in Europe now boasts the military’s most state-of-the-art attack helicopter, with the recent delivery of the first of 24 new Apaches to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade in Germany, U.S. Army Europe and Africa said Friday.
Two of the new models were delivered Sept. 1 at the Army’s airfield in Wiesbaden, home to USAREUR-AF headquarters and a 12th CAB battalion.
Known as the AH-64E Version 6 Apache Guardian, the helicopter comes equipped with upgraded sensors, software and weapon systems.
“This new aircraft gives us so many more capabilities,” 1st Lt. Brigit Duffy, a maintenance platoon leader with 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), said in the USAREUR-AF statement.
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