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US Army rolls out first Apache Block III helicopter

November 16-30, 2011

The first Apache Block III helicopter was delivered to the US Army recently during a ceremony at the Boeing plant here in which the aircraft was rolled out on stage under bright lights and a wisp of generated smoke.

Hundreds of industry, government and military officials attended the event in which two of the new AH-64 aircraft were actually delivered to the army ahead of schedule. The first Block III helicopter was finished about a week early and the second about a month ahead of schedule, according to David Koopersmith, Boeing Attack Helicopter Program Vice President.

The Block III Apache features a 701D engine, composite rotor blades, a “rotorcraft drive system of the 21st century” known as RDS-21, face gear transmission and high performance shock strut advanced landing gear.