AS Kirim 10 Apache ke Mesir
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AS Kirim 10 Apache ke Mesir

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NUMBER 1. BOEING AH-64 APACHE is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6. Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div.

WASHINGTON – Amerika Serikat telah mengirim 10 helikopter Apache ke Mesir dalam beberapa pekan belakangan ini setelah mencabut sebagian dari pembekuan bantuan terhadap negara Afrika utara itu. Seorang pejabat AS, Sabtu (20/12/2014) mengatakan helicopter canggih itu dikirim dalam beberapa gelombang..
Menteri Luar Negeri John Kerry telah berjanji kepada pemimpin baru Mesir bahwa pesawat-pesawat itu  digunakan untuk operasi-operasi kontra-terorisme di semenanjung Sinai. “Pesawat-pesawat itu telah di sana beberapa pekan lalu,” kata seorang pejabat senior. (VIT)

Sumber: Defense News

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