Duke Hawkins 034 - Boeing AH-64 Apache

The AH-64 Apache is an all-weather attack helicopter. In 2018, it was built by Boeing, which in 1997 absorbed the McDonnell Douglas company, which itself bought the Hughes Aircraft company in 1984. The latter had developed it during the Cold War in order to stop columns of combat tanks. of the Warsaw Pact in the event of conflict in Europe. All aircraft are produced at the Boeing factory in Mesa, Arizona.

His baptism of fire took place in Panama in December 1989. Subsequently, he was heavily involved during the Gulf War (1990-1991) and more recently in the Afghan, Iraqi, Libyan and Yemeni theaters.