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U.K. Apache Flies 50,000 Hours On Operations In Afghanistan

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

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The British Army’s Apache attack helicopters, built by Boeing [BA], operated by the Army Air Corps, flew their 50,000 hour on operation in Afghanistan recently the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. This represents a third of all U.K. Apache flying, a huge proportion of the total, MoD said April 14. Apache helicopters have been conducting operations in Afghanistan since 2006, deploying initially with 16 Air Assault Brigade, shortly after being introduced into service with the British Army. Since then the…

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