Apache AH-64 Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) 19762005

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The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas, formerly Hughes) AH-64A Apache is the US Armys primary attack helicopter, and the most advanced helicopter gunship flying today. The most expensive rotary-winged aircraft ever built when it was introduced in the early 1980s, it has since proved its worth on battlefields all over the world, seeing action in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and the recent conflict in Iraq. This book examines the design, development and deployment of a quick-reacting, airborne weapons system that can fight close and deep to destroy, disrupt, or delay enemy forces.

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Chris Bishop has worked in packaging and book publishing since the early 1980s. He has written many books on military subjects, and for Ospreys New Vanguard series he recently authored volume 87: Bell UH-1 Huey Slicks 196275. Jim Laurier is a native of New Hampshire. He graduated with honours from the Paiers School of Art, Connecticut, in 1978 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, completing assignments in a wide variety of fields. Jim has a keen interest in military subjects, both aviation and armor, and is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.