Editing Boeing AH-64 Apache (section)

==Operational history==

===United States===
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====Twentieth century====
[[File:DM-SC-91-09352.jpg|thumb|AH-64A Apache helicopter returns from SOLID SHIELD '89 exercise]]

In January 1984, the U.S. Army formally accepted its first production AH-64A and training of the first pilots began later that year.<ref>Richardson and Peacock 1992, pp. 14–15.</ref><ref>[http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/pub/news_2004.pdf Apache news 2004], pp. 33–34. Boeing, 2004. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630232855/http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/pub/news_2004.pdf |date=30 June 2013}}</ref> The first operational Apache unit, 7th Battalion, 17th Cavalry Brigade, began training on the AH-64A in April 1986 at [[Fort Hood]], Texas.<ref name="Richardson_p47-8"/><ref>Bernsteein 2005, p. 6.</ref> Two operational units with 68 AH-64s first deployed to Europe in September 1987 and took part in large military exercises there.<ref name="Richardson_p47-8">Richardson and Peacock 1992, pp. 47–48.</ref><ref>Donald 2004, p. 121.</ref>

Upon fielding the Apache, capabilities such as the FLIR's use in extensive night operations made it clear that it was capable of operating beyond the forward line of own troops (FLOT) to which previous attack helicopters were normally restricted.<ref>Williams 2005, pp. 212–213.</ref> It was discovered that the Apache was coincidentally fitted with the [[Have Quick]] [[UHF]] radio system used by the U.S. Air Force, allowing inter-service coordination and joint operations such as the joint air attack teams (JAAT). The Apache has operated extensively with close air support (CAS) aircraft, such as the USAF's [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]] and the USMC's [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II]], often acting as a target designator to conserve the Apache's own munitions.<ref>Williams 2005, pp. 215–218.</ref> The Apache was first used in combat in 1989, during [[United States invasion of Panama|Operation Just Cause]], the invasion of [[Panama]]. It participated in over 240 combat hours, attacking various targets, mostly at night.<ref>Richardson and Peacock 1992, pp. 51–52.</ref><ref>Bishop 2005, pp. 16–17.</ref> [[Carl Stiner|General Carl Stiner]], the commander of the operation, stated: "You could fire that Hellfire missile through a window from four miles away at night."<ref name ='bern 7'>Bernstein 2005, p. 7.</ref>

[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 980902-A-2839B-002.jpg|thumb|left|AH-64 on exercises, 1997]]
Nearly half of all U.S. Apaches were deployed to [[Saudi Arabia]] following [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]'s invasion of [[Kuwait]] in 1990.<ref name ='bern 7'/> During [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]] on 17 January 1991, eight AH-64As guided by four [[MH-53 Pave Low|MH-53 Pave Low III]]s destroyed part of Iraq's radar network in the operation's first attack,<ref name="Bishop_p17-8">Bishop 2005, pp. 17–18.</ref> allowing the [[Ground-attack aircraft|attack aircraft]] to evade detection.<ref name="Donald_p144-5">Donald 2004, pp. 144–145.</ref> Each Apache carried an asymmetric load of Hydra 70 rockets, Hellfires, and one auxiliary fuel tank.<ref name=taylor>Taylor, Thomas. ''Lightning in the Storm''. Hippocrene Books, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7818-1017-5}}.</ref> During the 100-hour ground war, a total of 277 AH-64s took part, destroying 278 tanks, numerous armored personnel carriers and other [[Old Iraqi army|Iraqi]] vehicles,<ref name="Bishop_p17-8"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA411790.pdf |title=Case Study of the Development of the Apache Attack Helicopter (AH-64) |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School |first=Edward W. |last=Ference |date=December 2002 |access-date=1 October 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214649/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA411790&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> for a total of over 500 kills.<ref name="tfhl">{{cite news |last1=Lambeth |first1=Benjamin S. |title=Task Force Hawk |url=https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2002/February%202002/0202hawk.pdf |publisher=AIR FORCE Magazine |date=February 2002}}</ref> One AH-64 was lost in the war, crashing after a close range [[rocket-propelled grenade]] (RPG) hit; the crew survived.<ref name=Donald_p147>Donald 2004, p. 147.</ref> While effective in combat, the AH-64 presented serious logistical difficulties. Findings reported in 1990 stated "maintenance units could not keep up with the Apache's unexpectedly high work load..."<ref>[http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/151734.pdf "OPERATION DESERT STORM: Apache Helicopter Was Considered Effective in Combat, but Reliability Problems Persist"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213133754/http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/151734.pdf |date=13 December 2013}}. GAO</ref> To provide spare parts for combat operations, the U.S. Army unofficially grounded all other AH-64s worldwide; Apaches in the theater flew only one-fifth of planned flight-hours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pogo.org/our-work/reports/90s/ns-puav-19920701.html |title=High Tech Weapons in Desert Storm: Hype or Reality? |publisher=Project on Government Oversight |date=1 July 1992 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217061757/http://www.pogo.org/our-work/reports/90s/ns-puav-19920701.html |archive-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> Such problems were evident before the Gulf War.<ref>[http://gao.gov/assets/150/149732.pdf "APACHE HELICOPTER: Serious Logistical Support Problems Must Be Solved to Realize Combat Potential"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123075822/http://gao.gov/assets/150/149732.pdf |date=23 January 2016}}. GAO</ref>

[[File:AH-64A Apache, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Brigade 971216-A-8119B-021.jpg|thumb|AH-64A on [[Operation Joint Guard]] in the Balkans, 1998]]
The AH-64 played roles in the Balkans during separate conflicts in [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] and [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]] in the 1990s.<ref name="Bishop_p21-33">Bishop 2005, pp. 21–24, 33.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=JDgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nHwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5602,3407150&dq=bosnia+apache&hl=en |title=U.S. Mulls More Copters in Bosnia – The Aircraft Were Requested For U.N. Troop Reinforcement |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=18 July 1995}}</ref> During [[Task Force Hawk]], 24 Apaches were deployed to a land base in [[Albania]] in 1999 for combat in Kosovo. These required 26,000&nbsp;tons of equipment to be transported over 550 C-17 flights, at a cost of {{US$|480 million}}.<ref>Adams 2006, p. 60.</ref> During these deployments, the AH-64 encountered problems, such as deficiencies in training, [[Night vision device|night vision equipment]], fuel tanks, and survivability.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/43251221.html?dids=43251221:43251221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+16%2C+1999&author=Tom+Bowman&pub=The+Sun&desc=Army+hunts+for+answers+as+Apaches+fail+in+Kosovo%3B+Readiness%2C+training+faulted+as+21st-century+helicopter+stumbles&pqatl=google |title=Army Hunts For Answers As Apaches Fail in Kosovo; Readiness, Training Faulted As 21st-century Helicopter Stumbles |first=Tom |last=Bowman |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=16 July 1999 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025111739/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/43251221.html?dids=43251221:43251221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+16,+1999&author=Tom+Bowman&pub=The+Sun&desc=Army+hunts+for+answers+as+Apaches+fail+in+Kosovo%3B+Readiness,+training+faulted+as+21st-century+helicopter+stumbles&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Defends Troubled Copter |first=Mark |last=Thompson |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |date=20 June 1990}}</ref>

In 2000, Major General [[Dick Cody]], 101st Airborne's commanding officer, wrote a strongly worded memo to the Chief of Staff about training and equipment failures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/man-ac-ah64-001220.htm |title=Apaches Are Ailing Warriors |first=Jon R. |last=Anderson |publisher=European Stars and Stripes |date=19 December 2000}}</ref> Almost no pilots were qualified to fly with night vision goggles, preventing nighttime operations.<ref name="lutt">Luttwak 2001, pp. 78–80.</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' printed a front-page article on the failures, commenting: "The vaunted helicopters came to symbolise everything wrong with the Army as it enters the 21st century: Its inability to move quickly, its resistance to change, its obsession with casualties, its post-Cold War identity crisis".<ref>Adams 2006, p. 61.</ref> Although no Apache combat missions took place, two were lost in training exercises.<ref name="AFMag">{{cite web |last1=Lambeth |first1=Benjamin |title=Task Force Hawk |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2002/February%202002/0202hawk.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2002/February%202002/0202hawk.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=Air Force Magazine |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> An effective network of Yugoslav air defenses stopped Apaches from being deployed on combat missions in Kosovo.<ref name="lutt"/><ref name="AFMag"/>

====21st century====
{{See also|List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War|List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan}}
[[File:AH-64 from above.jpg|thumb|AH-64 over [[Baghdad]], Iraq, on a reconnaissance mission, 2007]]
[[File:AH-64D Apache Longbow, Al Asad (2164914566).jpg|thumb|AH-64D helicopters gather for an operation]]
[[File:AH-64 Apache extraction exercise.jpg|thumb|AH-64 during an extraction exercise at [[Camp Bondsteel]], Kosovo, in 2007 with a soldier on the avionics bay.]]
[[File:US Army AH-64 Apache extraction exercise.jpg|thumb|Extraction exercise with soldier "riding shotgun" on an Apache]]
[[File:AH-64 Apache 4.jpg|thumb|Ski-equipped AH-64D on exercises in Alaska]]

U.S. Apaches served in [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Operation Enduring Freedom]] in [[Afghanistan]] from 2001.<ref name="Bishop_p33-5">Bishop 2005, pp. 33–35.</ref> It was the only Army platform capable of providing accurate CAS duties for [[Operation Anaconda]], often taking fire and quickly repaired during the intense early fighting.<ref>Bernstein 2005, pp. 16–17.</ref> Apaches often flew in small teams with little autonomy to react to threats and opportunities, requiring lengthy dialogue with centrally [[micromanage]]d command structures.<ref>Adams 2006, pp. 223–224.</ref> U.S. AH-64Ds typically flew in Afghanistan and Iraq without the Longbow Radar in the absence of armored threats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/afghan-field-report-british-wah-64ds-04289/ |title=Afghan Field Report: British WAH-64Ds |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=26 November 2007}}</ref> On 21 December 2009, a pair of U.S. Apaches attacked a British-held base in a [[friendly fire]] incident, killing one British soldier.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-19515309 |title=Christopher Roney inquest: 'Failures led to friendly fire death' |work=BBC News |date=7 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2003, the AH-64 participated in the invasion of Iraq during [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]].<ref name="Bishop_p35-7">Bishop 2005, pp. 35–37.</ref> On 24 March 2003, 31 Apaches were damaged; one was shot down in an [[2003 attack on Karbala|unsuccessful attack]] on an [[Iraqi Republican Guard]] armored brigade near [[Karbala]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/347556641.html?dids=347556641:347556641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+13%2C+2003&author=ERIK+SCHECHTER&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Choppers+on+the+chopping+block%3F&pqatl=google |title=Choppers on the Chopping Block? |first=Erik |last=Schechter |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=13 June 2003 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025055353/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/347556641.html?dids=347556641:347556641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+13,+2003&author=ERIK+SCHECHTER&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Choppers+on+the+chopping+block%3F&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> Iraqi tank crews had set up a "flak trap" among terrain and effectively employed their [[Heavy machine gun|guns]].<ref name=CNN_Apache_downing>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/24/sprj.irq.apache.attack/index.html |title=U.S. Apache Pilots Taken Prisoner |work=CNN|date=24 March 2003}}</ref><ref name=kaplan>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2081906/ |author=Fred Kaplan |author-link=Fred Kaplan (journalist) |title=Chop The Chopper: The Army's Apache Attack-Helicopter Had A Bad War |magazine=Slate |date=23 April 2003}}</ref> Iraqi officials claimed a farmer with a [[vz. 24|Brno]] rifle shot down the Apache,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/25/1048354604384.html |title=A City And Regime Steel For Reckoning To Come |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 March 2003}}</ref> but the farmer denied involvement.<ref name=Apache_farmer>{{cite news |title=The 'Apache' Farmer's Tale |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2969471.stm |work=BBC News |date=23 April 2003}}</ref> The AH-64 came down intact and the crew [[American POWs in the 2003 invasion of Iraq|were captured]];<ref name=CNN_Apache_downing/> it was destroyed via air strike the following day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/317553631.html?dids=317553631:317553631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+25%2C+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Downed+Apache+blown+up+to+keep+secrets+from+Iraq&pqatl=google |title=Downed Apache Blown Up To Keep Secrets From Iraq |newspaper=Evening Times |date=25 March 2003 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107161748/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/317553631.html?dids=317553631:317553631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+25%2C+2003&author=&pub=Evening+Times&desc=Downed+Apache+blown+up+to+keep+secrets+from+Iraq&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=B6otAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UXsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6692,4605689&dq=apache+blown+up&hl=en |title=Downed US Apache Blown Up With Missile |website=New Straits Times |date=26 March 2003}}</ref> This incident had significant consequences for the AH-64 helicopter because it revealed an important vulnerability. Despite being considered by army aviators as flying tanks at the time, it became clear that the AH-64 was actually highly susceptible to rifle fire. As a result, the army quietly disclosed in early 2006 that AH-64s would no longer have a major role in carrying out attacks deep inside enemy lines.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ricks |first1=Thomas E. |title=Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-59420-103-5 |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7s-uIICROyYC |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:AH-64 vs. Taliban.ogv|thumb|AH-64 engaging Taliban insurgents over Afghanistan]]
By the end of U.S. military operations in Iraq in December 2011, several Apaches had been shot down by enemy fire and lost in accidents. In 2006, an Apache was downed by a Soviet-made [[Strela 2]] (SA-7) in Iraq, despite it being typically able to avoid such missiles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/International/story?id=1515168 |title=Surface-to-Air Missile Downed U.S. Chopper in Iraq |work=ABC News |date=17 January 2006}}</ref> In 2007, four Apaches were destroyed on the ground by insurgent [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] fire using web-published [[geotagged]] photographs taken by soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.army.mil/article/75165/Geotagging_poses_security_risks |title=Geotagging poses security risks|author=Cheryl Rodewig|date=7 March 2012 |website=army.mil}}</ref> Several AH-64s were lost to [[List of aviation accidents and incidents in the War in Afghanistan|accidents in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/helicopter-crashes-in-eastern-afghanistan-2.html |title=Helicopter crashes in eastern Afghanistan |publisher=ISAF – International Security Assistance Force |date=6 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324191534/http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/helicopter-crashes-in-eastern-afghanistan-2.html |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmur.com/news/28055361/detail.html |title=Marlborough Soldier Dies in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan |publisher=Wmur.com |date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313190815/http://www.wmur.com/news/28055361/detail.html |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/soldier/1941909/ |title=Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 William T. Flanigan |website=militarytimes.com |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-date=8 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108015933/http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/soldier/1941909/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2008/amputee-combat-vet-daniel-mcconnell%e2%80%99s-inspiring-story/ |title=Amputee Combat Vet Daniel McConnell's Inspiring Story |website=celebdirtylaundry.com |date=26 May 2008 |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> Most Apaches that took heavy damage were able to continue their missions and return safely.<ref name=kaplan/> By 2011, the U.S. Army Apache fleet had accumulated more than 3 million flight hours since the first prototype flew in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/docs/AH-64D_overview.pdf |title=AH-64D Apache – Overview |publisher=Boeing |access-date=30 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629031919/http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/docs/AH-64D_overview.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> A DOD audit released in May 2011 found that Boeing had frequently overcharged the U.S. Army for routine spare parts in helicopters like the Apache, ranging from 33.3 percent to 177,475 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2011/06/leaked-audit-boeing-overcharged-army-up-to-177000-percent-on-helicopter-spare-parts/ |title=Leaked Audit: Boeing Overcharged Army Up to 177,000 Percent on Helicopter Spare Parts |publisher=Project on Government Oversight (POGO) |date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

On 21 February 2013, the [[229th Aviation Regiment (United States)#1st Battalion, 229th Aviation|1st Battalion (Attack), 229th Aviation Regiment]] at [[Joint Base Lewis–McChord]] became the first U.S. Army unit to field the AH-64E Apache Guardian; a total of 24 AH-64E were received by mid-2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.army.mil/article/98383/_Guardian__rises_at_Joint_Base_Lewis_McChord/ |title='Guardian' rises at Joint Base Lewis–McChord |publisher=US Army |date=12 March 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013 |author=Paulsboe, Jesse}}</ref> On 27 November 2013, the AH-64E achieved initial operating capability (IOC).<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-armys-ah-64es-reach-initial-operating-capability-393581/ "US Army's AH-64Es reach initial operating capability"] ''FlightGlobal'', 27 November 2013</ref> In March 2014, the 1st–229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion deployed 24 AH-64Es to Afghanistan in the type's first combat deployment.<ref>[http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/05/05/armys-first-ah-64e-unit-deploys-to-afghanistan/ Army's First AH-64E Unit Deploys to Afghanistan] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506200835/http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/05/05/armys-first-ah-64e-unit-deploys-to-afghanistan/ |date=6 May 2014}} – DoDBuzz.com, 5 May 2014</ref> From April through September 2014, AH-64Es in combat maintained an 88 percent readiness rate.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-army-details-combat-experience-with-ah-64e-404735/ "US Army details combat experience with AH-64E"]. ''FlightGlobal'', 14 October 2014</ref> The unit's deployment ended in November 2014, with the AH-64E accumulating 11,000 flight hours, each helicopter averaging 66 hours per month. The AH-64E flies {{convert|20|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} faster than the AH-64D, cutting response time by 57 percent, and has better [[fuel efficiency]], increasing time on station from 2.5–3 hours to 3–3.5 hours; Taliban forces were reportedly surprised by the AH-64E attacking sooner and for longer periods. AH-64Es also worked with medium and large [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAVs) to find targets and maintain positive ID, conducting 60 percent of the unit's direct-fire engagements in conjunction with UAVs; Guardian pilots often controlled UAVs and accessed their video feeds to use their greater altitudes and endurance to see the battlespace from standoff ranges.<ref>[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/28/commander-armys-new-ah64e-apache-surprised-enemy-in.html Commander: Army's New AH-64E Apache Surprised Enemy in Afghanistan] – Military.com, 28 January 2015</ref><ref name="armytimes1feb15">[http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/02/01/new-apaches-confused-enemy-boeing-gamechanger-chinook/22493523/ New Apache confounded the enemy in combat, commander says] – Armytimes.com, 1 February 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20150219.aspx Taliban Troubled By Timing] – Strategypage.com, 19 February 2015</ref>

In 2014, the Army began implementing a plan to move all Apaches from the Army Reserve and National Guard to the active Army to serve as scout helicopters to replace the [[OH-58 Kiowa]]. Using the AH-64 to scout would be less expensive than Kiowa upgrades or purchasing a new scout helicopter. AH-64Es can control UAVs like the [[MQ-1C Grey Eagle]] to perform aerial scouting missions; a 2010 study found the teaming of Apaches and UAVs was the most cost-effective alternative to a new helicopter and would meet 80 percent of reconnaissance requirements, compared to 20 percent with existing OH-58s and 50 percent with upgraded OH-58s. National Guard units, who would lose their attack helicopters, criticized the proposal.<ref>[http://breakingdefense.com/2014/01/budgets-betrayal-national-guard-fights-to-keep-apache-gunships/ Budgets & 'Betrayal': National Guard Fights To Keep Apache Gunships] – Breakingdefense.com, 23 January 2014</ref><ref>Head, Elan. "[http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/ArizonaGuardleaderblastsArmyplantoseizeApaches Arizona Guard leader blasts Army plan to 'seize' Apaches]" ''Vertical Magazine'', 28 April 2014.</ref> In March 2015, the first heavy attack reconnaissance unit was formed with 24 Apaches and 12 Shadow UAVs.<ref>[http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/2015/03/16/apache-battalion-conversion/70227902/ First of 10 Apache units converts, adds 12 Shadow UASs] – Armytimes.com, 16 March 2015</ref>

In July 2014, the Pentagon announced that Apaches had been dispatched to Baghdad to protect embassy personnel from [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] militant attacks. On 4 October 2014, Apaches began performing missions in [[2014 military intervention against ISIS|Operation Inherent Resolve]] against Islamic State ground forces.<ref>[http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20141005/NEWS08/310050035/Army-Apache-helos-used-strikes-against-Islamic-State "Army Apache helos used in strikes against Islamic State"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005175312/http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20141005/NEWS08/310050035/Army-Apache-helos-used-strikes-against-Islamic-State |date=5 October 2014 }}. ''Military Times'', 5 October 2014</ref> In October 2014, U.S. Army AH-64s and Air Force fighters participated in four air strikes on Islamic State units northeast of Fallujah.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In June 2016, Apaches were used in support of the Iraqi Army's [[Shirqat offensive (2016)|Mosul offensive]]<ref>[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/06/15/in-iraq-apache-gunships-deploy-mosul-but-not-fallujah-pentagon.html In Iraq, Apache Gunships Deploy to Mosul, But Not Fallujah: Pentagon] – Military.com, 15 June 2016</ref> and provided support during the [[Battle of Mosul (2016)|Battle of Mosul]], sometimes flying night missions supporting Iraqi operations.<ref>[http://www.dodbuzz.com/2016/10/19/apaches-go-action-mosul-offensive/ Apache Helicopters Go into Action in Mosul Offensive] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042357/http://www.dodbuzz.com/2016/10/19/apaches-go-action-mosul-offensive/ |date=20 October 2016}} – DoDBuzz.com, 19 October 2016</ref> In December 2019, two Apaches provided overwatch for U.S. Marines to secure the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq after armed militants, supported by Iran, attempted to storm the facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/12/31/100-us-marines-2-apache-helicopters-reinforcing-embassy-in-baghdad-iraq-after-attack/ |title=100 U.S. Marines, two Apache helicopters reinforcing embassy in Baghdad after attack |website=MarineCorpsTimes.com |date=31 December 2019 |access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/iran-launches-missiles-us-air-bases-iraq-us/story?id=68130625 |title=Iran launches missiles at US military facilities in Iraq |website=ABC News |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

In March 2024, two Apache crashes within two days increased scrutiny.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Falconer |first=Rebecca |title=U.S. Army investigates 2 Apache helicopter crashes within 48 hours |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/03/28/army-apache-helicopter-crashes |website= axios.com |date=28 March 2024}}</ref>

===Israel===
[[File:Israeli AH-64D edited-01.jpg|thumb|IAF AH-64D "Saraph"]]

The [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF) first received AH-64As in 1990,<ref name=Donald_p157>Donald 2004, p. 157.</ref> for a fleet of 42 by 2000.<ref name="Israeliapache1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/world/israeli-says-us-fears-endanger-major-purchase-of-apache-copters.html |title=Israeli Says U.S. Fears Endanger Major Purchase of Apache Copters |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=William A. |last=Orme |date=3 February 2000}}</ref> The IAF's choice to buy Apaches over upgrading its [[AH-1 Cobra]] attack helicopters was controversial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/99880525.html?dids=99880525:99880525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+23%2C+1994&author=ALON+PINKAS&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=IAI+EXPERTS+CRITICIZE+AIR+FORCE+FOR+PREFERRING+APACHE+OVER+UPGRADED+COBRA&pqatl=google |title=IA Experts Criticize Air Force For Preferring Apache Over Upgraded Cobra |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=23 March 1994 |first=Alon |last=Pinkas |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025055625/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/99880525.html?dids=99880525:99880525&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+23,+1994&author=ALON+PINKAS&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=IAI+EXPERTS+CRITICIZE+AIR+FORCE+FOR+PREFERRING+APACHE+OVER+UPGRADED+COBRA&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2000, Israel was interested in acquiring up to 48 AH-64Ds, but U.S. reluctance to share the [[source code]] complicated the prospect.<ref name="Israeliapache1"/> In April 2005, Boeing delivered the IAF's first AH-64D.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2005-04-11-Israel-Accepts-First-AH-64D-Apache-Longbows |title=Israel Accepts First AH-64D Apache Longbows |publisher=Boeing |date=11 April 2005}}</ref> In 2001, the U.S. government was allegedly investigating misuse of the Apache and other U.S.-supplied military equipment against [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]].<ref>Powers 2002, pp. 11, 49.</ref> In 2009, the sale of six AH-64Ds was reportedly blocked by the Obama Administration, pending interagency review, over concerns they may pose a threat to civilian Palestinians in Gaza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightsidenews.com/201001238339/editorial/qme-part-ii-us-arms-sales-to-the-arabs-and-will-there-be-help-for-israel.html |title=QME, Part II: U.S. Arms Sales to the Arabs, And Will There Be Help For Israel |publisher=Right Side News |first=Shoshana |last=Bryen |date=23 January 2010 |quote=Indeed, Israel's request for six AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters was blocked by the Obama Administration in June-the same time the Egyptian sale was approved. U.S. sources reported that the request was undergoing an "interagency review to determine whether additional Longbow helicopters would threaten Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip". |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126101831/http://www.rightsidenews.com/201001238339/editorial/qme-part-ii-us-arms-sales-to-the-arabs-and-will-there-be-help-for-israel.html |archive-date=26 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_israel0424_05_27.asp |title=Administration Blocks Helicopters for Israel due to Civilian Casualties in Gaza |website=World Tribune |date=27 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504031939/http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_israel0424_05_27.asp |archive-date=4 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In IAF service, the AH-64A was named ''Peten'' ({{langx|he|פתן}}, for [[Cobra]]{{#tag:ref|Israel had already used "Tzefa" (צפע), Hebrew for ''[[Viperidae|Viper]]'' to name its [[Bell AH-1 Cobra#Israel|Bell AH-1 Cobra]]s.<ref>Donald 2004, p. 191.</ref> Donald 2004 states Peten translates to "Viper".<ref name=Donald_p157/>|group=N}}), while the AH-64D was named ''Saraph''<ref name=Donald_p157/> ({{langx|he|שרף}}, for venomous/fiery winged serpent).<ref name=Janes_dispute />

[[File:IAF AH-64.jpg|thumb|Israeli AH-64D]]
During the 1990s, Israeli AH-64As frequently attacked [[Hezbollah]] outposts in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974997,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812175442/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974997,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2010 |title=Vengeance Is Mine |first=Jill |last=Smolowe |magazine=Time |date=2 March 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=44csAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6847,4109692&dq=apache+israel&hl=en |title=Thousands Flee Fleet, Fickle Missiles |first=Ron |last=Kampeas |website=Lakeland Ledger |date=25 July 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=rugVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2658,1417177&dq=apache+israel&hl=en |title=Three Killed in Hizbollah, Israeli Retaliatory Attacks |website=New Straits Times |date=24 December 1994}}</ref> On 13 April 1996, during [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], an Apache [[Mansouri attack|fired two Hellfire missiles at an ambulance in Lebanon]], killing six civilians.<ref>Fisk 2005, pp. 773–788.</ref> During the [[al-Aqsa Intifada]] in the 2000s, AH-64s were used to kill senior [[Hamas]] figures, such as [[Ahmed Yassin]], [[Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi]], and [[Adnan al-Ghoul]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/18/israel |title=Israeli Missile Attack Kills New Hamas Chief |date=18 April 2004 |first=Conal |last=Urquhart |author2=Gaby Hinsliff |location=London|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1338432/Second-Israeli-rocket-attack-misses-target.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1338432/Second-Israeli-rocket-attack-misses-target.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Second Israeli Rocket Attack Misses Target |work=The Telegraph |first=Alan |last=Philps |date=24 August 2001 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] documented instances of IAF Apaches attacking civilian homes during the [[Battle of Jenin (2002)|2002 Jenin operation]], killing one civilian.<ref name=hrw2002>{{cite web|title=Israel, The Occupied West Bank And Gaza Strip, And The Palestinian Authority Territories, Jenin: IDF Military Operations|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/israel3/israel0502.pd|date=May 2002|volume=14|issue=3|pages=7, 46–47}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Consequently, HRW urged the US government to seek written assurances from Israel that Apaches would not be used to violate [[humanitarian law]] in the future.<ref name=hrw2002/>

In 2004, Israeli AH-64s<ref name=wapo/> carried out the [[Killing of Ahmed Yassin|assassination of Ahmed Yassin]] and also killed 7 bystanders.<ref name=wapo>{{cite news|title=Hamas Leader Killed in Gaza|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/03/22/hamas-leader-killed-in-gaza/71ba9c81-f4c5-4955-add0-212a0ca4a5b7/}}</ref> Ahmed Yassin was the spiritual leader of Hamas; given that he was also blind, paraplegic and in a [[wheelchair]], Palestinians saw the killing as "a cowardly execution of a frail old man in a wheelchair who did not attempt to hide".<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel makes a martyr of Yassin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/mar/23/wrap.rostaylor|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The attack also killed 7 bystanders, and was internationally condemned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/22/hamas.reaction/|title=Leaders condemn Yassin killing |date=March 22, 2004|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>

IAF Apaches played a prominent role in the [[2006 Lebanon War]], launching strikes into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah forces.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article603007.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604163441/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article603007.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2011 |title=Hezbollah's Hidden Stronghold Sends Death Across The Border |first=Nicholas |last=Blanford |work=The Times |location=UK |date=8 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,429358,00.html |title=Israeli's Puzzling Military Strategy |first=Siegesmund von |last=Ilsemann |website=Der Spiegel |date=31 July 2006}}</ref> IAF Apaches also attacked civilian targets, killing many, including women and children.<ref>Human Rights Watch (HRW), [https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/lebanon0907.pdf ''"Why They Died"''], Civilian Casualties in Lebanon during the 2006 War, September 2007, pp. 91, 102–103, 106, 127 ff.</ref> During this war, two AH-64As collided, killing one pilot and critically wounding three.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5201696.stm |title=Hezbollah Defies Israeli Pressure |work=BBC News |date=21 July 2006}}</ref> In another incident in the conflict, an IAF AH-64D crashed due to a main rotor malfunction, killing the two crew.<ref>{{cite web |last=Egozi |first=Arie |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/08/01/208214/israeli-air-power-falls-short-as-offensive-in-southern-lebanon-fails-to-halt-hezbollah-rocket.html |title=Israeli Air Power Falls Short As Offensive in Southern Lebanon Fails To Halt Hezbollah Rocket Attacks |website=FlightGlobal |date=1 August 2006}}</ref> In late 2007, the IAF put further purchases and deliveries of AH-64Ds on hold while its performance envelope was investigated.<ref name=Janes_dispute>{{cite web |last=Alon |first=Ben-David |url=http://www.janes.com/news/defence/air/jdw/jdw071018_2_n.shtml |title=Performance Dispute Puts Israeli Apache Buy on Hold |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=18 October 2007}}</ref> Israeli officials praised the Apache for its role in [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Operation Cast Lead]] in 2008, against Hamas in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Arie |last=Egozi |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/27/323199/israel-seeks-more-apache-attack-helicopters.html |title=Israel seeks more Apache attack helicopters |website=FlightGlobal |date=27 February 2009}}</ref> IAF Apaches have often patrolled the skies over Gaza; strikes against insurgents by these helicopters has become a frequent occurrence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/israeli-choppers-blast-gaza-city-1.77884 |title=Israeli choppers blast Gaza City |publisher=oil.co.za |date=3 December 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.eastday.com/e/111106/u1a6189720.html |title=Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills one, wounds 2 |publisher=english.eastday.com |date=6 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302032749/http://english.eastday.com/e/111106/u1a6189720.html |archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2009/01/06/israel-expands-gaza-offensive/ |title=Israel expands Gaza offensive |publisher=euronews.com |date=6 January 2009 |access-date=8 September 2012 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503081751/http://euronews.com/2009/01/06/israel-expands-gaza-offensive/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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In the 2010s, the IAF pursued upgrades to its AH-64A fleet as new AH-64D orders had been blocked.<ref name="DID_AH-64A_upgrades">{{Cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-debates-longbows-benefits-vs-costs-0332/ |title=Israel's AH-64A Attack Helos Get Custom Upgrades – Despite the USA |work=Defense Industry Daily|date=17 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321221708/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-debates-longbows-benefits-vs-costs-0332/ |archive-date=2014-03-21}}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-debates-longbows-benefits-vs-costs-0332/ |title=Israel's AH-64A Attack Helos Get Custom Upgrades – Despite the USA [updated] |work=Defense Industry Daily|date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104065658/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-debates-longbows-benefits-vs-costs-0332/ |archive-date=2017-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/03/14/israel-upgrades-apache-helicopters-after-u-s-blocked-their-modernization/ |title=Israel Upgrades Apache Helicopters After US Blocked Their Modernization |work=World Tribune |date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025854/http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/03/14/israel-upgrades-apache-helicopters-after-u-s-blocked-their-modernization/ |archive-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> In June 2010, Israel decided not to upgrade all AH-64As to AH-64Ds due to funding constraints and lack of U.S. cooperation.<ref name="DID_AH-64A_upgrades"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Arie |last=Egozi |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/30/343883/israel-ditches-apache-upgrade-plan-commits-to-ch-53k.html |title=Israel ditches Apache upgrade plan, commits to CH-53K |website=FlightGlobal |date=30 June 2010}}</ref> In December 2010, the IAF was examining the adoption of a new missile system as a cheaper and lightweight complement to the Hellfire missile, either the American Hydra 70 or the Canadian [[CRV7]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Yaajov |last=Katz |url=http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=201665 |title=Rapid-fire rocket system aims to reduce civilian casualties |website=The Jerusalem Post |date=31 December 2010}}</ref> By 2013, IAF AH-64As were receiving a comprehensive upgrade of their avionics and electrical systems.<ref>Egozi, Arie [http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israeli-apache-upgrade-adds-avionics-pod-391501/ "Israeli Apache upgrade adds avionics pod."] ''FlightGlobal'', 8 October 2013.</ref> The AH-64As are being upgraded to the AH-64Ai configuration, which is near the AH-64D standard.<ref name="DID_AH-64A_upgrades"/> IAF Apaches can carry [[Spike (missile)|Spike]] anti-tank missiles instead of the Hellfire.<ref name="DID_AH-64A_upgrades"/><ref>{{cite web |first1=Shoshana |last1=Bryen |first2=Stephen |last2=Bryen |url=https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2016/11/17/israel-puts-spike-missile-apache-helicopters/ |title=Israel Puts the Spike Missile on its Apache Helicopters |work=Jewish Policy Center|date=17 November 2016}}</ref> The latest AH-64D-I integrates Israeli systems such as [[Elta Systems|Elta]] communications suite, [[Elbit]] mission management system, Rafael Combat Net system and [[Elisra]] self-protection suite.<ref name="airforcesmonthly.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/2017/06/07/israel-shows-off-spike-on-apache/ |title=Israel shows off Spike on Apache – Air Forces Monthly |website=www.airforcesmonthly.com |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050818/http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/2017/06/07/israel-shows-off-spike-on-apache/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

IAF AH-64s occasionally saw use in the [[air-to-air missile|air-to-air]] role. The first operational air-to-air kill took place on 24 May 2001, when an IAF shot down a Lebanese civilian [[Cessna 152]] aircraft. Israeli and Lebanese officials presented differing versions: Lebanon said Israel first intercepted the aircraft over Lebanese airspace and its pilot, flying without his instructor, mistakenly entered Israeli airspace, while Israel says the aircraft was already in Israeli airspace when it was intercepted and repeatedly refused to answer or comply with [[air traffic control]] (ATC) warnings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/24/israel.plane.02/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715111916/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/24/israel.plane.02/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2001 |title=Israel shoots down Lebanese civilian plane |publisher=CNN }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel shoots down light aircraft|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/24/israel.plane/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315112638/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/24/israel.plane/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2004|agency=CNN|date=24 May 2001}}</ref> The second air-to-air kill occurred on 10 February 2018, after an Iranian [[unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]] entered Israeli airspace from Syria, an AH-64 destroyed it with a missile.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Jt_Vy4Mj0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/E0Jt_Vy4Mj0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Iranian UAV Intercepted by an Israeli Helicopter |publisher=Israel Defense Forces |date=10 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
{{main|AgustaWestland Apache}}
[[File:westland apache wah-64d longbow zj206 arp.jpg|thumb|[[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|UK Army Air Corps]] Westland WAH-64D Apache Longbow displays at a UK airshow]]

The UK previously operated a modified version of the AH-64D Block I Apache Longbow; initially called the Westland WAH-64 Apache, it is designated the Apache AH1 by the British Army. [[AgustaWestland|Westland]] built 67 WAH-64 Apaches under license from Boeing,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agustawestland.com/node/3232 |title=British Army receives 67th Apache in ceremony held at the Farnborough Airshow 2004 |publisher=AgustaWestland |date=21 July 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707095747/http://www.agustawestland.com/node/3232 |archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> following a competition between the [[Eurocopter Tiger]] and the Apache for the British Army's new Attack Helicopter in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6339513_ITM |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719050302/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6339513_ITM |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 July 2012 |title=High Noon For Tiger And Apache |publisher=Interavia Business & Technology |first=Nick |last=Cook |date=1 May 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0831C4678BE61&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Mac Lands $3.5 Billion Copter Order – British Buying 67 Antitank Craft |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |first=William |last=Flannery |date=14 July 1995 |access-date=29 January 2010 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160850/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0831C4678BE61&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> Important deviations made by AgustaWestland from the U.S. Apache variants include changing to more powerful [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] engines,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turbomeca.com/public/turbomeca_v2/html/en/produits/sous_famille_home.php?sfid=509&mid=615 |title=RTM 322 |publisher=Turbomeca |access-date=29 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803231550/http://www.turbomeca.com/public/turbomeca_v2/html/en/produits/sous_famille_home.php?sfid=509&mid=615 |archive-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> and the addition of a folding blade assembly for use on naval ships.<ref name="seatrials1"/>

On 11 July 2016, the Ministry of Defence confirmed a U.S. [[Foreign Military Sales|Foreign Military Sale]] (FMS) worth $2.3 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=2300000000|start_year=2016}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) for 50 AH-64Es to be built in Mesa, Arizona. Leonardo Helicopters in the UK will maintain the current fleet of Apaches until 2023–2024, with a long-term plan for Leonardo and other UK companies to "do most of the work" on the new fleet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/show-daily/farnborough/2016/07/11/uk-announces-p8-apache-buys-farnborough/86935956/ |title=UK Announces P-8, Apache Buys |date=11 July 2016 |publisher=Defense News}}</ref> The deal included an initial support contract for maintenance, spare parts, and training simulators; components from the older WAH-64s "will be reused and incorporated into the new helicopters where possible." The type entered service with the British Army in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-orders-new-fleet-of-cutting-edge-apache-helicopters-for-army |title=MOD orders new fleet of cutting-edge Apache helicopters for Army |date=11 July 2016 |publisher=UK Ministry of Defence}}</ref> Approval for the re-manufacture of fifty of the UK's WAH-64 Mk 1 fleet to AH-64E Apache Guardian standard was given by the [[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/united-kingdom-ah-64e-apache-guardian-attack-helicopters |title=United Kingdom – AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack Helicopters |date=27 August 2015 |publisher=DSCA}}</ref> They utilize the [[General Electric T700]] engine rather than the Turbomeca RTM322 of the WAH-64; the first off-the-shelf purchase of a GE engine by the Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://aviationweek.com/defense/despite-brexit-uk-not-holding-back-new-aircraft? |title=Despite Brexit, UK Not Holding Back on New Aircraft |date=15 July 2016 |magazine=Aviation Week}}</ref> The first two AH-64Es were delivered to the British Army on 26 November 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apache AH-64E heralds new era in modern British military aviation |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/11/new-apache-helicopter/ |website=British Army |access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref> The older AH1 (WAH-64) were retired by 2024 in favour of the AH-64E models.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-26 |title=British Army retires Apache AH1 attack helicopters, declares AH-64Es 'operationally ready' |url=https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/british-army-retires-apache-ah1-attack-helicopters-declares-ah-64es-operationally-ready |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Default |language=en}}</ref>

===Netherlands===
[[File:Apachefarnborough2006frontv.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] AH-64D at the [[Farnborough Airshow]], 2006]]

The Dutch government initially showed an interest in acquiring Apache helicopters in the late 1980s, when it stated that it may purchase as many as 52.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04C18BA24D9D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=McDonnell in Talks With Dutch on Apache Role |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=13 April 1989 |access-date=29 January 2010 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160227/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04C18BA24D9D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> A competition held in 1994 against the [[Eurocopter Tiger]] and the [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra]] led to the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] ordering 30 AH-64D Apaches in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04ED1B579E699&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Dutch May Buy McDonnell Copter |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=14 December 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ignoring EU Solidarity, The Dutch Opt For U.S. Helicopters |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 April 1995 |first=Joseph |last=Fitchett}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB082FEAB81105D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=McDonnell Wins Big Helicopter Contract But Layoffs Are Looming at Commercial Air Arm |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |first=William |last=Flannery |date=8 April 1995 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |access-date=29 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608142251/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB082FEAB81105D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> Deliveries began in 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/1999-03-29-First-AH-64D-Apache-Pilots-From-the-Netherlands-Complete-Training-at-Boeing |title=First AH-64D Apache Pilots From The Netherlands Complete Training at Boeing |publisher=Boeing |date=29 March 1999}}</ref> and ended in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2002-06-10-Boeing-Delivers-30th-AH-64D-Apache-to-Royal-Netherlands-Air-Force |title=Boeing Delivers 30th AH-64D Apache to Royal Netherlands Air Force |publisher=Boeing |date=10 June 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helis.com/news/2002/ah64nl.htm |title=News: Last Dutch Apache Delivered |website=helis.com |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> The RNLAF Apaches are equipped with the Apache Modular Aircraft Survivability Equipment (AMASE) self-protection system to counter infrared (IR) missile threats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terma.com/multimedia/1409_update_0704.pdf |title=Aircraft Survivability Equipment |publisher=TERMA |date=July 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143530/http://www.terma.com/multimedia/1409_update_0704.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terma.com/multimedia/2509_update_0706_kor4.pdf |title=AMASE/DIRCM Pod During Flight Certification Testing in the Netherlands |publisher=Terma |date=July 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143640/http://www.terma.com/multimedia/2509_update_0706_kor4.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

The RNLAF Apaches' first deployment was in 2001 to [[Djibouti]], Africa.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_43_213/ai_n28901078 |title=Army Conducts First Deployment of AH-64D Apache Longbows To Kuwait |work=Defense Daily |first=Marc |last=Strass |date=6 March 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904034814/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_43_213/ai_n28901078 |archive-date= 4 September 2015 }}</ref> They were also deployed alongside U.S. AH-64s in support of NATO [[SFOR|peacekeeping]] forces in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/19492342.html?dids=19492342:19492342&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+04%2C+1995&author=Rick+Atkinson&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Bound+for+Bosnia+By+Train%2C+Truck%2C+Air%3B+Military+Tackles+Toughest+Logistics+Since+Gulf&pqatl=google |title=U.S. Bound for Bosnia By Train, Truck, Air |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Rick |last=Atkinson |date=4 December 1995 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082415/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/19492342.html?dids=19492342:19492342&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+04,+1995&author=Rick+Atkinson&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Bound+for+Bosnia+By+Train,+Truck,+Air%3B+Military+Tackles+Toughest+Logistics+Since+Gulf&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, six Dutch AH-64s were deployed as part of the Netherlands contribution to the [[Multinational force in Iraq]] to support the Dutch ground forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.government.nl/News/Press_releases_and_news_items/2004/May/Six_Apaches_to_Iraq_to_boost_security |title=Six Apaches to Iraq to Boost Security |publisher=Government.nl |date=24 May 2004}}</ref> The Apaches performed close combat support and display of force missions, along with providing reconnaissance information to ground forces. In February 2006, the Netherlands' contribution to NATO forces in Afghanistan was increased from 600 to 1,400 troops and 6 AH-64s were sent in support.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4673026.stm |title=More Dutch troops for Afghanistan |work=BBC News |date=3 February 2006}}</ref>

[[File:Luchtmachtdagen 2011 Royal Netherlands Air Force (6188225481).jpg|thumb|A [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] AH-64D Apache from the [[Solo Display Team#AH-64D Apache Solo Display Team|Apache Solo Display Team]]]]
Shortly after Apaches were deployed to [[Hamid Karzai International Airport]], as part of the Dutch contribution to ISAF, on 10 April 2004, a pair of Dutch Apaches came under light gunfire close to [[Kabul]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20040410/dutch_choppers040410/20040410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303085003/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20040410/dutch_choppers040410/20040410 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2021 |title=Two Peacekeeping Helicopters Fired on in Kabul |publisher=CTV News |date=10 April 2004}}</ref> On 17 December 2007, an RNLAF Apache flew into [[Overhead power line|power lines]] during a night flying exercise in the Netherlands, forcing an emergency landing and causing a lengthy blackout in the region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/18/220380/picture-dutch-apache-accident-leaves-50000-homes-without.html |title=Dutch Apache Accident Leaves 50,000 Homes Without Power |first=Anno |last=Gravemaker |website=FlightGlobal |date=18 December 2007}}</ref> On 17 March 2015, a RNLAF Apache crashed during a training mission in Mali. Both pilots died. The [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Ministry of Defence]] opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.<ref>{{cite web |title=2 Apache-vliegers omgekomen in Mali |date=17 March 2015 |url=https://www.nlveteraneninstituut.nl/nieuws/2-apache-vliegers-omgekomen-mali/ |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>

In February 2018, the Netherlands decided to upgrade all their AH-64Ds to the latest AH-64E standard via a FMS contract with the US, along with 17 APG-78 fire control radar units.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-clears-rnlaf-for-119b-apache-deal-446061/ |title=US clears RNLAF for $1.19b Apache deal |website=FlightGlobal |date=21 February 2018}}</ref> In November 2021, the process to upgrade AH-64Ds began and RNLAF is to receive the upgraded AH-64Es between 2023 and 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/netherlands-ships-first-apaches-to-us-for-modernisation |date=2020-11-20 |access-date=2021-11-26 |title=Netherlands ships first Apaches to US for modernisation |first=Gareth |last=Jennings |work=Jane's}}</ref>

===Saudi Arabia===
{{See also|Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen}}
Following the 1991 [[Gulf War]], during which many U.S. Apaches operated from bases within Saudi territory,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=DHAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=meoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6638,5926770&dq=saudi+apache&hl=en |title=Apache Copters All Set if Iraqis Make a Move |website=Eugene Register-Guard |date=25 August 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61018142.html?dids=61018142:61018142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+22%2C+1991&author=DOUGLAS+JEHL&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Desert+Air%2C+Sands+Alive+With+Modern+Warriors&pqatl=google |title=Desert Air, Sands Alive With Modern Warriors |first=Douglas |last=Jehl |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 January 1991 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026080035/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61018142.html?dids=61018142:61018142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+22,+1991&author=DOUGLAS+JEHL&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Desert+Air,+Sands+Alive+With+Modern+Warriors&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Saudi Arabia]] purchased twelve AH-64As for the [[Saudi Arabian Army|Royal Saudi Land Force]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04DADEBA9086A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Bush Endorses Sale of Arms to Saudis...McDonnell Douglas Could Benefit from Pact |first=Robert L. |last=Koenig |work=St Louis Post-Dispatch |date=3 June 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74027664.html?dids=74027664:74027664&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03%2C+1992&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Plans+%241.8+Billion+Saudi+Military+Sale&pqatl=google |title=U.S. Plans $1.8 Billion Saudi Military Sale |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=3 June 1992 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026080054/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74027664.html?dids=74027664:74027664&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03,+1992&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Plans+$1.8+Billion+Saudi+Military+Sale&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has been speculated that the Saudi purchase motivated Israel to also procure Apaches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/15/world/us-and-israel-working-out-deal-to-offset-warplane-sale-to-saudis.html?pagewanted=1 |title=U.S. and Israel Working Out Deal To Offset Warplane Sale to Saudis |first=Thomas L. |last=Friedman |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 September 1992}}</ref> In August 2006, Saudi Arabia began negotiations for Apache upgrades worth up to $400M (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=400000000|start_year=2006}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), possibly remanufacturing their AH-64As to the AH-64D configuration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-2006-saudi-shopping-spree-400m-to-upgrade-ah64a-apache-helicopters-02484/ |title=The 2006 Saudi Shopping Spree: $400M to Upgrade AH-64A Apache Helicopters |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=1 August 2006}}</ref> In September 2008, the U.S. Government approved a Saudi Arabian request to buy 12 AH-64Ds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0932579120080909 |title=US OKs sale of Boeing helicopters to Saudi Arabia |work=Reuters |date=12 September 2008 |first=Andrea |last=Shalal-Esa}}</ref> In October 2010, Saudi Arabia requested a further 70 AH-64Ds as part of a possible massive arms deal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article841039.ece |title=Huge U.S.-Saudi arms deal |work=The Hindu |date=21 October 2010 |location=Chennai, India |first=Narayan |last=Lakshman}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-44.pdf |title=Saudi Arabia – AH-64D Apache, UH-60M Blackhawk, AH-6i Light Attack, and MD-530F Light Turbine Helicopters |publisher=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency|date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516134655/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-44.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation AH-64A Apache helicopter (2005).jpg|thumb|Royal Saudi Land Forces AH-64A, 2005]]
In November 2009, the Royal Saudi Land Force, as part of a military effort against insurgent border intrusions, launched [[Operation Scorched Earth]]; this involved Apaches launching air strikes against [[Houthi]] rebels operating inside neighboring [[Yemen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C1F686E2F34400&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Saudi troops combing Yemen border; security stepped up |work=BBC News |date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025223746/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C1F686E2F34400&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C6E817D6115290&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Saudi Apache gunships prevent incursion by "infiltrators" |work=Saudi Gazette |date=6 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609000632/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C6E817D6115290&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=9 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2010 the rebels claimed to have shot down an Apache; this was denied by the Saudi military.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35962&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=26&cHash=6f3c9c6c6a |title=Saudi Military Operations along the Yemen Border Repel Houthist Incursion |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |date=28 January 2010}}</ref> In late January 2010, the leader of the Shiite rebels announced their withdrawal from Saudi territory, this announcement followed a key battle on 12 January when Saudi forces reportedly took control of the border village of Al Jabiri.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=23477 |title=Yemen rebels announce pullout from Saudi land |website=The Jordan Times |date=26 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913040418/http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=23477 |archive-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>

As an escalation of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]], starting on 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and several other regional allies started a [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|military operation in Yemen]]. Both the Saudi Army Aviation and the United Arab Emirates Air Force used their AH-64s in combat against an alliance between elements of the Yemeni Army loyal to the former president [[Ali Abdullah Saleh|Saleh]] and the [[Houthi movement|Houthis]]. The Apaches were mostly involved in border patrol and strikes in Northwestern Yemen. Over the years, several Saudi and an Emirati Apaches were lost to incidents and enemy fire, although exact numbers have not been independently confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2019/12/02/houthi-rebels-claim-to-have-shot-down-saudi-apache-gunship-and-wing-loong-uav-in-yemen/ |title=Houthi Rebels Claim To Have Shot Down Saudi Apache Gunship And Wing Loong UAV in Yemen |first=David |last=Cenciotti |date=2 December 2019}}</ref> On 17 March 2017, an Apache reportedly attacked a Somali refugee boat, killing 42 refugees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/17/apache-helicopter-guns-down-boat-full-of-somali-refugees-fleeing-yemen/ |title=Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen |website=Foreign Policy |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> Saudi Arabia denied involvement, though it and the United Arab Emirates are the only militaries using Apaches during the conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39302560 |title=Yemen migrant boat attack kills at least 42 |date=17 March 2017 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-escalating-northern-front-in-yemen |title=The Escalating Northern Front in Yemen |publisher=Washington Institute for Near East Policy}}</ref>

===United Arab Emirates===
[[File:USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) 150216-N-DQ840-256 (15937885963).jpg|thumb|An [[United Arab Emirates Air Force|UAEAF]] Apache conducts deck landing qualifications aboard the {{USS|Fort McHenry}}.]]
The [[United Arab Emirates]] purchased 30 AH-64As between 1991 and 1994,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=i9QpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6860,1177677&dq=apache+uae&hl=en |title=US Copters Set For Middle East |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=4 June 1991}}</ref> and began upgrading to AH-64D specification in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/uaes-30helicopter-apache-upgrade-program-underway-02551/ |title=UAE's 30-Helicopter Apache Upgrade Program Underway |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=10 May 2009}}</ref> In December 2016, the U.S. State Department approved a proposed sale of another 37 AH-64Es and [[United States Congress|Congress]] was notified; this consisted of 28 re-manufactured and nine new-build helicopters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/united-arab-emirates-apache-ah-64e-helicopters-and-services |title=United Arab Emirates – Apache AH-64E Helicopters and Services |date=8 December 2016 |publisher=Defense Security Cooperation Agency}}</ref>

A UAE AH-64 was reportedly lost on 17 October 2017;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/two-emirati-pilots-die-in-yemen-crash-1.668121 |title=Two Emirati pilots die in Yemen crash |website=The National|date=17 October 2017 }}</ref> a replacement was approved by the US in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/90118/uae-to-replace-lost-apache |title=UAE to replace lost Apache &#124; Jane's 360 |website=www.janes.com}}</ref>

===Egypt===
In 1995, the [[Egyptian Air Force]] placed an order for 36 AH-64As.<ref name="Bishop_p40-4"/> These Apaches were delivered with the same avionics as the U.S. fleet at that time, except for indigenous radio equipment.<ref>Bishop 2005, p. 42.</ref> In 2000, Boeing announced an order to remanufacture Egypt's Apache fleet to the AH-64D configuration,<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2000/news_release_000925o.htm "Egypt to Upgrade 35 Apaches to AH-64D Configuration."] Boeing, 25 September 2000. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910020249/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2000/news_release_000925o.htm |date=10 September 2013}}</ref> except for Longbow radar, which had been excluded by the U.S. government.<ref>Feldman 2004, p. 106.</ref> In 2009, Egypt requested a further 12 AH-64D Block IIs with Longbow radars through a FMS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencetalk.com/sale-ah-64d-apache-longbow-helicopters-egypt-19278/ |title=AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters for Egypt |publisher=Defence Talk |date=29 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Egypt-Aims-to-Add-AH-64D-Block-II-Attack-Helicopters-05458/ |title=Egypt Aims to Add AH-64D Block II Attack Helicopters |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=28 May 2009}}</ref>

In August 2012, the Egyptian Armed Forces undertook a large-scale military operation to regain control of the [[Sinai Peninsula]] from armed militants. Air cover throughout the operation was provided by the Egyptian Air Force's Apaches, which reportedly destroyed three vehicles and killed at least 20 militants.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/world/africa/egypt-violence/index.html "Egypt launches airstrikes in Sinai after troop massacre."] CNN, 8 August 2012.</ref> Up to five Egyptian Apaches were temporarily stationed in the Sinai following an agreement between Egypt and Israel.<ref>Friedman, Ron. [http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-allows-egypt-to-keep-attack-helicopters-in-sinai/ "Israel allows Egypt to keep attack helicopters in Sinai"]. ''Times of Israel'', 9 August 2012.</ref> In September 2015, an Egyptian Apache attacked a group of foreign tourists in the [[Western Desert (Egypt)|Western Desert]], killing 12 people and injuring 10. The AH-64s fired at the civilians with rockets and 30mm machine guns for several hours, even though survivors said they waved the white flag.<ref name=theguardian>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/egypt-military-tourist-attack-white-desert|title=Egypt killed tourists with US weapons. An American survivor wants justice|first=Ruth|last=Michaelson|date=2 April 2019|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> The Egyptian Interior Ministry stated that the group, whom were mistaken for militants, were in a restricted area.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34241680 "Mexican tourists killed by Egyptian security forces"]. ''BBC News'', 14 September 2015.</ref> The tourists were reportedly accompanied by Egyptian police, and their vehicles were marked with logos of the tourist company.<ref name=theguardian/>

In November 2018, the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of ten AH-64Es and associated equipment to Egypt, valued at US$1 billion, pending the sale clearing Congress.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Egypt – AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and Support |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/egypt-ah-64e-apache-attack-helicopters-and-related-equipment-and-support |publisher=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency |date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127222202/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/egypt-ah-64e-apache-attack-helicopters-and-related-equipment-and-support |archive-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2018/11/27/us-clears-apache-sales-for-egypt-missiles-for-qatar/ | title=US clears Apache sales for Egypt, missiles for Qatar | date=27 November 2018 }}</ref>

The Apache entered service with Egyptian Armed Services, and in the 2020s was being further upgraded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |title=Lockheed gets sensor contract for Egyptian Apache upgrade |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/lockheed-gets-sensor-contract-for-egyptian-apache-upgrade/147175.article |date=2022-01-19 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Flight Global |language=en}}</ref>

===India===

==== Indian Air Force ====
[[File:Induction Of AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter in Indian Air Force (1).jpg|thumb|An IAF AH-64E in 2019]]

In 2008, the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) released a tender for 22 attack helicopters; there were six contending submissions: Sikorsky's [[UH-60 Black Hawk]], the AH-64D, Bell's [[AH-1 Super Cobra]], [[Eurocopter]]'s [[Eurocopter Tiger|Tiger]], Mil's [[Mil Mi-28|Mi-28]] and AgustaWestland's [[A129 Mangusta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IAF-conducting-trials-for-attack-helicopters/Article1-576275.aspx |title=IAF conducting trials for attack helicopters|date=22 July 2010 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618105746/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IAF-conducting-trials-for-attack-helicopters/Article1-576275.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2008, Boeing and Bell withdrew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/10/10/317257/bell-boeing-quit-indian-attack-helicopter-contest.html |title=Bell, Boeing Quit Indian Attack Helicopter Contest |last=Govindasamy |first=Siva|date=10 October 2008 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref> In 2009, the competition was restarted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=897 |title=Boeing Submits Proposals To India For Apache And Chinook Helicopters|date=23 October 2009 |publisher=Boeing}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-government-details-ah-64d-bid-for-indian-air-force-contract-351434/ |title=US government details AH-64D bid for Indian air force contract|date=4 January 2011 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref> In December 2010, India requested the sale of 22 Apaches and associated equipment.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2010/India_10-62.pdf |title=India – Support for Direct Commercial Sale of AH-64D Block III Apache Helicopters|date=27 December 2010 |publisher=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615182424/http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2010/India_10-62.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 October 2012, IAF Chief [[Norman Anil Kumar Browne|NAK Browne]] confirmed the Apache's selection.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iaf-getting-22-apache-helicopters-nak-browne/1012542/ "IAF getting 22 Apache helicopters: NAK Browne"]. ''Indian Express'', 5 October 2012.</ref> The IAF sought control of the 22 Apaches for air combat missions, while the [[Army Aviation Corps (India)|Army Aviation Corps]] argued that they would be better used in army operations.<ref>[http://strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20130103.aspx "Going To War Over Gunships"]. Strategypage.com, 3 January 2013.</ref> In April 2013, the Indian [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] decided that the 22 AH-64s would go to the IAF.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-not-Army-will-get-Apache-attack-helicopters-Govt/articleshow/19331628.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404175505/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-02/india/38217610_1_22-heavy-duty-apache-helicopters-22-apache-helicopters-attack-helicopters |url-status=live |archive-date=4 April 2013 |website=[[The Times of India]] |title=IAF, not Army, will get Apache attack helicopters|date=2 April 2013 }}</ref> India ordered the 22 AH-64Es in 2015.<ref name="FG_IAF_AH-64s_flt">{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-indian-air-force-apache-chinook-make-flig-450756 |title=Indian air force Apache, Chinook make flight debuts|date=30 July 2018 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref>

On 11 May 2019, the IAF received its first AH-64E in a ceremony at Boeing's Mesa, Arizona facility.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-11 |title=In big boost, IAF gets first Apache Guardian attack helicopter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/first-apache-guardian-attack-helicopter-handed-over-to-iaf/articleshow/69277866.cms |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> On 3 September 2019, 8 AH-64Es were inducted into the IAF's [[No. 125 Helicopter Squadron IAF|125 Helicopter Squadron]] at [[Pathankot]] Air Base, Punjab.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/eight-us-made-apache-attack-helicopters-inducted-into-iaf/articleshow/70955482.cms |title=Eight US made Apache attack helicopters inducted into IAF |last=Gurung |first=Shaurya Karanbir |date=3 September 2019 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==== Indian Army ====
On 12 June 2018, the U.S. Department of State approved a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to India for six more AH-64Es and associated equipment in an estimated $930 million deal. The U.S. [[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] notified Congress for approval.<ref name="India_FMS_pending">{{cite web |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/india-support-direct-commercial-sale-ah-64e-apache-helicopters |title=India – Support for Direct Commercial Sale of AH-64E Apache Helicopters|date=12 June 2018 |publisher=U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-inducts-8-apache-ah-64e-helicopters/articleshow/70954959.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903092233/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-inducts-8-apache-ah-64e-helicopters/articleshow/70954959.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2019 |title=IAF inducts 8 Apache AH-64E attack helicopters |first=Ajay |last=Sura|date=3 September 2019|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> In February 2020, another six for the Indian Army were ordered, including weapons, equipment, and training; deliveries are planned to begin in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-25|title=India, US sign contract for additional Apache attack choppers|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-us-sign-contract-for-additional-apache-attack-choppers/articleshow/74299279.cms|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> These [[attack helicopter]]s are often interlinked with [[Squadron (aviation)|squadrons]] of indigenous [[HAL Prachand]] attack helicopters.

On 1 January 2024, senior Army officials told [[India Today]] that the [[Army Aviation Corps (India)|Indian Army Aviation Corps]] is expected to induct the first batch of Apache helicopters in February–March of this year. This is to enable the army to protect its tanks on the battlefield when the [[Indian Air Force]] is unavailable. They will be deployed to [[Jodhpur]], near the [[India–Pakistan border]], enhancing the security of the area against Pakistani tanks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army gears up to induct 1st batch of Apache attack helicopters in February–March |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-army-to-induct-apache-helicopters-from-us-to-be-deployed-against-pakistan-2482939-2024-01-01 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=India Today |date=January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Apache Helicopter: बॉर्डर पर बढ़ेगी भारत की ताकत, पाकिस्तानी सीमा पर तैनात होने जा रहे शक्तिशाली छह अपाचे हेलीकॉप्टर |url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-india-strength-will-increase-deployed-six-powerful-apache-helicopters-on-india-pakistani-border-23619026.html |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> On 15 March 2024, [[Army Aviation Corps (India)|Army Aviation Corps]] raised an 451 Army Aviation squadron at [[Jodhpur]] which will operate Apache.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Army Raises 1st Apache Attack Helicopter Squadron Near Pakistan Border |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-army-raises-1st-apache-attack-helicopter-squadron-near-pakistan-border-5243415 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Army raises first Apache attack helicopter squadron in Jodhpur near Pak border |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/apache-attack-helicopter-squadron-near-pakistan-border-indian-army-rajasthan-jodhpur-2515320-2024-03-15 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=India Today |date=15 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The induction of first batch of three Apache was scheduled in May 2024 and the rest by July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arora |first=Sumit |date=2024-03-19 |title=Indian Army Inducts First Apache 451 Aviation Squadron |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/indian-army-inducts-first-apache-451-aviation-squadron/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=adda247 |language=en-IN}}</ref> As of August 2024, no Apaches were delivered to the Army.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-13 |title=Indian Army awaiting batch delivery of Apache attack helicopters from US |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/apache-helicopter-delivery-us-delayed-indian-army-2581605-2024-08-13 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> 

Citing delays due to supply chain issues, as of September 2024, the first batch of three Apache helicopters are to delivered by the following December–January followed by the next 3 within another few months.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peri |first=Dinakar |date=2024-09-24 |title=Army to receive Apache attack helicopters in December |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/army-to-receive-apache-attack-helicopters-in-december/article68678371.ece/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-12 |title=Induction of Apache hits supply chain wall |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/armys-apache-induction-hits-supply-chain-wall-101726081276697.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

===Other users===
[[File:07.16 總統視導漢光36號演習「三軍聯合反登陸作戰」操演 (50121221201).jpg|thumb|Two [[Republic of China Army]] AH-64Es deploying flares, 2020]]
[[File:Kuwait Land Forces AH-64 Apache helicopter opens fire upon a series of targets during Al Tahreer.jpg|thumb|Kuwait Land Force AH-64 on a live fire exercise]]

[[Greece]] received 20 AH-64As by 1995; another 12 AH-64Ds were ordered in September 2003.<ref name="Bishop_p40-4" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19378901_ITM |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721082413/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19378901_ITM |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2012 |title=Greece Buying New Helicopters (12 AH-64D Longbow helicopters) |work=Journal of Electronic Defense |first=Michal |last=Fiszer |date=1 October 2003}}</ref>

[[Singapore]] purchased 20 AH-64Ds in two batches between 1999 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2001/q3/nr_010823o.htm |title=Singapore to Purchase 12 Additional Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows |publisher=Boeing |date=23 August 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603183147/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2001/q3/nr_010823o.htm |archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> In October 2010, training was suspended following the forced crash-landing of an Apache.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_585343.html |title=Apache training suspended |website=The Straits Times |date=1 October 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Kuwait]] purchased 16 AH-64Ds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/kuwait-runs-apache-longbow-contract-to-2622-m-01086/ |title=Kuwait Runs Apache Longbow Contract To $262.2 M |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=26 August 2005}}</ref>

On 26 August 2013, [[Indonesia]] and the U.S. finalized a contract for eight AH-64E Apaches worth $500 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=500000000|start_year=2013}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usa-and-indonesia-formalise-ah-64e-apache-deal-389856/ "USA and Indonesia formalise AH-64E Apache deal"]. ''FlightGlobal'', 26 August 2013.</ref> The first was displayed on 5 October 2017 as part of a military exercise in Indonesia, to mark the 72nd anniversary of its armed forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/74695/indonesian-military-displays-kaplan-mt-prototype-apache-helicopter |title=Indonesian military displays Kaplan MT prototype, Apache helicopter |website=Jane's 360 (janes.com) |access-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231958/http://www.janes.com/article/74695/indonesian-military-displays-kaplan-mt-prototype-apache-helicopter |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The first batch of AH-64s for the [[Indonesian Army]] arrived in Indonesia on 18 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/12/18/first-ah-64e-apache-guardian-for-indonesia-arrives-from-us/ |title=First AH-64E Apache Guardian for Indonesia arrives from US |first=Mike |last=Yeo |date=18 December 2017 |website=defensenews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://quwa.org/2017/12/19/indonesia-receives-first-ah-64e-apache-guardian-attack-helicopter/ |title=Indonesia receives first AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter |website=quwa.org |date=19 December 2017 |access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>

[[Japan]] ordered 50 AH-64Ds,<ref name="Bishop_p40-4">Bishop 2005, pp. 40–44.</ref> which were built under license by [[Fuji Heavy Industries]], designated "AH-64DJP". The first helicopter was delivered to the [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force|JGSDF]] in early 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/news/2006/q1/060315b_nr.html |title=Fuji Heavy Industries Delivers First Apache Longbow Helicopter to Japanese Government Under Boeing Licensing Agreement |publisher=Boeing |date=15 March 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126102002/http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/news/2006/q1/060315b_nr.html |archive-date=26 November 2011}}</ref> The order was halted after 13 aircraft were delivered due to cost.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/japan-to-halt-ah-64d-apache-orders-after-13th-airframe-216559/ |title=Japan to halt AH-64D Apache orders after 13th airframe |last=Hirokawa |first=Seiji |date=10 September 2007 |website=FlightGlobal}}</ref> In 2017, it was announced that the targeting systems of the 13 aircraft would be upgraded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/05/us-to-upgrade-japans-attack-helicopter-fleet/ |title=US to Upgrade Japan's Attack Helicopter Fleet |last=Gady |first=Franz-Stefan |date=4 May 2017 |website=thediplomat.com}}</ref> One was destroyed in a crash in February 2018 with the deaths of both crew.<ref>{{cite news |title=SDF helicopter crashes, goes up in flames in Saga residential area |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802050064.html |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221102714/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802050064.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Japanese Apache helicopter crashes in residential area of Saga Prefecture |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/national/gsdf-apache-helicopter-crashes-residential-area-saga-prefecture/#.WozYUGaB2i4 |work=[[Japan Times]] |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=21 February 2018 |archive-date=21 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221105516/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/national/gsdf-apache-helicopter-crashes-residential-area-saga-prefecture/#.WozYUGaB2i4 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=GSDF helicopter had main rotor replaced before crash |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/gsdf-helicopter-main-rotor-replaced-crash/#.WozYxmaB2i4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207135401/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/gsdf-helicopter-main-rotor-replaced-crash/#.WozYxmaB2i4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2018 |work=[[Japan Times]] |date=5 February 2018 }}</ref>

In June 2011, [[Taiwan]] (Republic of China) agreed to the purchase of 30 AH-64Es with weapons and associated equipment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Trimble |first=Stepehen |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/06/10/357871/taiwan-buys-30-ah-64-apaches.html |title=Taiwan buys 30 AH-64 Apaches |website=FlightGlobal |date=10 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States – AH-64D Apache Helicopters and Related Weapons |url=http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/Taiwan_08-41.pdf |date=3 October 2007 |publisher=[[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] (DSCA) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227183431/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2008/Taiwan_08-41.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2009}}</ref> On 5 November 2013, Taiwan received the first six AH-64s.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/taiwan-receives-first-batch-of-ah-64e-apaches-392591/ "Taiwan receives first batch of AH-64E Apaches"]. ''FlightGlobal'', 5 November 2013</ref> On 25 April 2014, a Taiwanese AH-64E crashed into a three-story building during a training flight in bad weather conditions, the first AH-64E airframe loss.<ref>[http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/taiwans-ah-64es-grounded-after-apache-crash.html "Taiwan's AH-64Es Grounded After Apache Crash"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427191201/http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/taiwans-ah-64es-grounded-after-apache-crash.html |date=27 April 2014}}. Armedforces-Int.com, 25 April 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/crash-destroys-taiwanese-ah-64e-apache-398615/ "Crash destroys Taiwanese AH-64E Apache"]. ''FlightGlobal'', 26 April 2014</ref> An investigation ruled out mechanical failure and concluded that the pilots had rapidly descended through clouds at low altitude without checking flight instruments to maintain adequate height; the Army expanded simulator training in response.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140725220929/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140715/DEFREG03/307150026/Pilots-Blamed-Taiwan-Apache-Crash?odyssey=mod_sectionstories "Pilots Blamed for Taiwan Apache Crash"]. Defensenews.com, 15 July 2014</ref> In October 2014, Taiwan's fifth and final batch of AH-64Es was delivered.<ref>[http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1244 "Taiwan received fifth and last batch of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026165739/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1244 |date=26 October 2014 }}. Airrecognition.com, 20 October 2014</ref>

In 2009, [[South Korea]] showed interest in the Apache,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/10/205_37859.html |title=Seoul Seeks To Deploy Apaches In 2012 |first=Sung-ki |last=Jung |website=Korea Times |date=14 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/08/07/South-Korea-dithers-over-Apaches/UPI-46361249661040/ |title=South Korea Dithers Over Apaches |publisher=United Press International |date=7 August 2009}}</ref> potentially related to plans to withdraw many U.S. Apaches from the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/08/113_49464.html |title=US May Withdraw More Apache Helos From Korea by 2012 |website=Korea Times |first=Jung |last=Sung-ki |date=8 February 2009}}</ref> On 21 September 2012, the U.S. Congress was notified of the possible purchase of 36 AH-64E, along with associated equipment and armament.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130629085436/http://www.public.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/republic-korea-rok-%E2%80%93-ah-64d-apache-attack-helicopters "Republic of Korea (ROK) – AH-64D APACHE Attack Helicopters"]. DSCA.mil, 25 September 2012.</ref> It competed against the [[Bell AH-1Z Viper]] and the [[TAI/AgustaWestland T-129]];<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usa-issues-fms-documents-for-south-korean-ah-1z-ah-64d-bids-376933/ "Korea helicopter bids"]. ''FlightGlobal'', 26 September 2012.</ref> in April 2013, South Korea announced plans to buy 36 AH-64Es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130417000954 |title=Seoul to Purchase 36 Apache Helicopters |website=Korea Herald |first=Sang-ho |last=Song |date=17 April 2013}}</ref> The first four AH-64Es were delivered in May 2016,<ref>[http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2016/may/2696-south-korea-s-first-four-ah-64e-combat-helicopters-delivered-to-combat-units.html South Korea's first four AH-64E combat helicopters delivered to combat units] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701003759/http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2016/may/2696-south-korea-s-first-four-ah-64e-combat-helicopters-delivered-to-combat-units.html |date=1 July 2016 }} – Airrecognition.com, 27 May 2016</ref> and all 36 were deployed by January 2017.<ref>[http://airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/january/3260-south-korea-completes-deployment-of-its-36-ah-64e-apache-guardian-helicopters.html South Korea completes deployment of its 36 AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205000828/http://airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/january/3260-south-korea-completes-deployment-of-its-36-ah-64e-apache-guardian-helicopters.html |date=5 February 2018 }} – Airrecognition.com, 30 January 2017</ref>

===Future and possible users===
[[File:Two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters on exercise at Talisman Sabre 2019 SHOALWATER BAY QLD AUSTRALIA 07.08.2019.png|thumb|Two US Army Apaches during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019, in Queensland, Australia]]

Iraq requested the sale of 24 AH-64s in April 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigir.mil/files/quarterlyreports/April2013/Report_-_April_2013.pdf#view=fit |title=Quarterly Report to the United States Congress |publisher=sigir.mil |date=30 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622151321/http://www.sigir.mil/files/quarterlyreports/April2013/Report_-_April_2013.pdf |archive-date=22 June 2013}}</ref> In January 2014, a sale, including the helicopters, associated parts, maintenance, and training, was cleared by the U.S. Congress.<ref>[http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/01/27/congress_clears_apache_sale_to_iraq "Congress Clears Apache Sale to Iraq"]. ''Foreign Policy'', 27 January 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140128/NEWS08/301280009/Agreement-reached-sell-billions-Apache-helicopters-Iraq "Agreement reached to sell billions in Apache helicopters to Iraq"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130015000/http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140128/NEWS08/301280009/Agreement-reached-sell-billions-Apache-helicopters-Iraq |date=30 January 2014 }}. Militarytimes.com, 28 January 2014</ref> However, the proposal was not accepted by the Iraqi government and expired in August 2014.<ref>[http://www.janes.com/article/43680/iraq-passes-on-apache-buy "Iraq passes on Apache buy"]. ''Jane's'', 25 September 2014.</ref>

In July 2012, [[Qatar]] requested the sale of 24 AH-64Es with associated equipment and support.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/qatar-%E2%80%93-ah-64d-apache-block-iii-longbow-attack-helicopters |title=Qatar – AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters |publisher=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency |date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118063609/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/qatar-%E2%80%93-ah-64d-apache-block-iii-longbow-attack-helicopters |archive-date=18 November 2013 |access-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> The sale was approved on 27 March 2014.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140328022943/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140327/DEFREG04/303270033/-23-9B-Deals-Announced-Last-Day-Dimdex $23.9B in Deals Announced on Last Day of DIMDEX] – Defensenews.com, 27 March 2014</ref> In March 2019, Qatar received the first of 24 AH-64Es ordered.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2019-05-10 |title=Qatar cleared for $3 billion purchase of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2019/05/10/qatar-ah-64e-apache-helicopters-3-billion/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=The Defense Post |language=en-US}}</ref>

In July 2016, the UK placed an order for 50 AH-64Es through the U.S. FMS program instead of upgrading their Westland-built WAH-64s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-orders-new-fleet-of-cutting-edge-apache-helicopters-for-army |title=MOD orders new fleet of cutting-edge Apache helicopters for Army |publisher=UK Ministry of Defence |date=11 July 2016}}</ref>

In July 2019, [[Australia]] issued a request for information for Project Land 4503 to replace the [[Australian Army|Army]]'s [[Eurocopter Tiger#Tiger ARH|Eurocopter Tiger ARH]] helicopters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Andrew |title=Tiger ARH replacement RFI released |url=https://adbr.com.au/tiger-arh-replacement-rfi-released/ |access-date=22 March 2021 |work=Australian Defence Business Review |date=10 July 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421194700/https://adbr.com.au/tiger-arh-replacement-rfi-released/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Frawley |first=Gerard |url=https://australianaviation.com.au/2016/02/troubled-tiger-set-for-early-retirement-new-light-helicopter-for-special-forces-on-the-way/ |title="Troubled" Tiger set for early retirement, new light helicopter for Special Forces on the way |work=Australian Aviation |date=26 February 2016 |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> On 15 January 2021, the Australian [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] [[Linda Reynolds]] announced that the AH-64E had been selected to replace the Tiger ARH.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Minister for Defence Senator Linda Reynolds |title=Future ready – strengthening Army's armed reconnaissance capability |url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreynolds/media-releases/future-ready-strengthening-armys-armed-reconnaissance-capability |website=Department of Defence Ministers |date=15 January 2021 |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318084005/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreynolds/media-releases/future-ready-strengthening-armys-armed-reconnaissance-capability |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DefenseNewsAust">{{Cite news |last=Pittaway |first=Nigel |date=2021-01-19 |title=Australia selects Boeing Apache as next armed reconnaissance helicopter |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/01/19/australia-selects-boeing-apache-as-next-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter/ |access-date=2021-01-20 |work=Defense News |language=en-US}}</ref> A fleet of 29 AH-64Es will be acquired with a planned [[initial operating capability|initial operational capability]] of 12 helicopters in 2026 and [[Full operating capability|full operational capability]] in 2028.<ref name="DefenseNewsAust"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Apaches for Army |url=https://www.armynewspaper.defence.gov.au/army-news/february-4-2021/flipbook/2/ |work=Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper |edition=1481 |publisher=Department of Defence |location=Canberra |issn=0729-5685 |date=4 February 2021 |page=2 |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author1=Prime Minister Scott Morrison |author2=Minister for Defence Peter Dutton |author3=Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for Science and Technology Melissa Price |title=Securing our national security and local defence jobs and skills |url=https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2022/05/09/securing-our-national-security-and-local-defence-jobs-and-skillshttps://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2022/05/09/securing-our-national-security-and-local-defence-jobs-and-skills |website=Liberal Party of Australia |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509013723/https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2022/05/09/securing-our-national-security-and-local-defence-jobs-and-skills |archive-date=9 May 2022 |date=9 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October 2019, the [[Bangladesh Air Force]] (BAF) was offered two types of attack helicopters and selected the AH-64, pending government approval.<ref name="BAF BD">{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2019/10/17/bangladesh-proposes-procurement-of-high-end-military-equipment-from-us |title=Bangladesh wants to buy combat fighters, Apache helicopters, missile systems from US |date=17 October 2019 |website=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref> However, due to the Apache's high costs, the BAF choose the competing Russian [[Mil Mi-28|Mi-28NE]] Night Hunter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/mi-28-attack-helicopters-for-bangladesh |title=Mi-28 attack helicopters for Bangladesh |first=Hans van |last=Herk |website=www.scramble.nl|date=2 January 2022 }}</ref>

In November 2019, the U.S. State Department approved a FMS to Morocco of 24 AH-64Es (with an option for a further 12), this allows Morocco to negotiate an order.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/morocco-ah-64e-helicopters |title=Morocco – AH-64E Helicopters |publisher=U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

On 30 April 2020, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced it had received U.S. State Department approval and notified Congress of a possible sale to the Philippines of either six AH-1Z attack helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 million or six AH-64Es and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/philippines-ah-1z-attack-helicopters-and-related-equipment-and-support |title=Philippines – AH-1Z Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and Support |publisher=U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency |website= dsca.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/philippines-apache-ah-64e-attack-helicopters-and-related-equipment-and-support |title=Philippines – Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and Support |publisher=U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency |website= dsca.mil}}</ref>

On 21 April 2022, [[Poland|Polish]] [[Ministry of National Defence (Poland)|Ministry of National Defence]] shortlisted two models in competition for the "Kruk" (Raven) Program aimed at modernizing the [[Polish Land Forces]]' fleet of attack helicopters, with the competitors being the AH-64E and Bell's AH-1Z Viper.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/poland-to-choose-between-apache-and-viper-for-attack-helo-requirement |title=Poland to choose between Apache and Viper for attack helo requirement |date=21 April 2022}}</ref> On 8 September 2022, Polish Minister of Defence [[Mariusz Błaszczak]] announced that the AH-64E has won and set out to procure 96 helicopters to form six squadrons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/poland-buying-96-ah-64e-apaches-as-modernization-spending-spree-continues/ |title=Poland buying 96 AH-64E Apaches, as modernization spending spree continues |date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Poland – AH-64E Apache Helicopters |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/poland-ah-64e-apache-helicopters |website=Defense Security Cooperation Agency |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=21 August 2023}}</ref> The contract includes a logistics package and a training package along with a stock of ammunition and spare parts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Umowa na 96 śmigłowców uderzeniowych AH-64E Apache podpisana |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/obrona-narodowa/umowa-na-96-smiglowcow-uderzeniowych-ah-64e-apache-podpisana}}</ref>