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AH-64E Apache Nickname Officially Approved

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

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The newest iteration of the multi-mission attack Apache helicopter, produced by Boeing [BA], now officially has the nickname: “Guardian,” the Army said yeseterday. The former Apache Block III in October was re-designated the AH-64E model, and now picks up its nickname, to become the AH-64E Guardian, according to the Program Executive Office Aviation, in Huntsville, Ala. The name was submitted by Gina Gill, Logistics Management Specialist from the Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Center, in Huntsville, Ala. One of several…

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