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  • Save The Apache, Lose The Gold Plating (AH-64D Performance During Gulf War II)

    04/29/2003 9:39:31 PM PDT · by JudgeAmint · 169 replies · 1,915+ views
    Soldiers For The Truth ^ | April 29, 2003 | David Hackworth
    Save the Apache, Lose the Gold Plating By David H. HackworthAs our magnificent warriors return from Iraq, they will tell the folks who sweated them out at home what really went down during their bold march to Baghdad and will catch them up on all the inside skinny concerning the war's winners and losers.              At first glance, one of the big equipment losers is the U.S. Army's crown jewel, the Longbow Apache helicopter gunship (AH-64D model). Especially since a Longbow squadron got ventilated March 24 over the city of Karbala when 34 of these $24 million birds –...