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===AH-64A=== [[File:Hatzerim 270613 Apache.jpg|thumb|[[Israeli Air Force]] AH-64A ''Peten'']] The AH-64A is the original production attack helicopter. The crew sit in tandem in an [[aircraft armor|armored]] compartment. It is powered by two GE T700 turboshaft engines. The A-model was equipped with the β701 engine version until 1990 when the engines were switched to the more powerful β701C version.<ref>Bishop 2005, p. 12.</ref> U.S. Army AH-64As are being converted to AH-64Ds. The service's last AH-64A was taken out of service in July 2012 before conversion at Boeing's facility in Mesa, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web |last= Bledsoe |first= Sofia |title=Army 'retires' last A model Apache helicopter |url= http://www.dvidshub.net/news/91675/army-retires-last-model-apache-helicopter |publisher=Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |access-date= 18 July 2012}}</ref> On 25 September 2012, Boeing received a $136.8M contract to remanufacture the last 16 AH-64As into the AH-64D Block II version and this was planned to be completed by December 2013.<ref>[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/115b-contract-to-remanufacture-129-apaches-to-ah64d-longbow-configuration-02972/ Boeing Remanufactures AH-64A Apaches to AH-64D Block II]. Defense industry daily.</ref>{{Update inline|date=September 2021|reason=were they?}}
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