Boeing is forecasting an international market for at least 600 AH-64D Apache Longbows, plus 518 more for the US Army, over the next 15 years. The company delivered the 1,000th AH-64 on 30 March. The former McDonnell Douglas plant at Mesa, Arizona, produced 937 AH-64As and is under contract to remanufacture 232 AH-64Ds for the US Army, and to build 30 for the Netherlands and 67 for the UK, with GKN Westland.
Source: Flight International
The dismissal of Ukrainian air force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuck comes just days after the service lost its first Western-supplied F-16 fighter, with rumours swirling about a possible friendly fire incident.
UK Lockheed Martin F-35Bs have practised short take-off operations during their debut NATO Enhanced Air Policing deployment to Keflavik, Iceland.
The American-made fighter is believed to have gone down while defending against a large Russian air attack on 27 August, though the exact circumstances remain unclear.
