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[DRG]

Pat, your source clearly says

The U.S. Army took delivery of its first AH-64E only at the end of 2011

Therefore the "AH-64D Apache" in slot 916 is in fact an AH-64E and that has been corrected and one has now been added to the Taiwan OOB.

What I value most in information is accuracy and brevity. Now, if I could find a "one stop shopping" list of autocannon ammo loads for every Attack Helo that uses them I'd be a really happy camper....


Don

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Yes I would concur about UNIT 916. I think though the EW rating should at least be 10, it is faster then any APACHE built previous to it and the TI/GSR again from the refs, I believe it will be higher as well. Will post it with the tank items we discussed earlier and you can or not "tweak it" as needed.Quick notes from the refs...
1. First USA Combat Squadron being stood up now in JAN. 2013.
2. Nickname established as the AH-64E APACHE "GUARDIAN" so the
UNIT 915 (And others of the type.) are the last of the "LONGBOW" helos.
3. This is neat, the FCS incorporates two sensors that will pick up small arms fire (Day/or Night) and auto slew (or manual tell the WO.) to engage the target(s).
4. From direct USA refs, during attack trials in an AA environment UNIT 915D suffered loses and none were lost by UNIT 916E.

Taiwan...
1. Is training on their own AH-64E helo(s) (Some say they have 2 now, will have 6 min. by OCT. 2013.)
2. Getting these as a compromise for getting the Blk 50/52 F-16. Will be armed as UNIT 916 but I don't think in the improved version I'm suggesting above except in the speed category. Something to consider.

Off to work.

Regards,
Pat