Article: FOCUS: APACHES ON THE SIDELINES.(FRONT)

Article: Army's Apaches lead assault into Iraq. (attack helicopter; ...
Defense Daily;  February 26, 1991 ;     568 words ...AL0297 ARMY'S APACHES LEAD ASSAULT INTO IRAQ. In the largest helicopter assault in history ... 60 Blackhawks, Bell UH-1 Hueys, Bell AH-1 Cobras joined the Apaches and arranged in six air corridors. According to the report, the assault ...

Article: General: Apaches Ready for Combat
AP Online;  May 13, 1999 ;     657 words ... ... get used to the terrain. The Apaches require ``great skill and ... General Javier Solana said the Apaches would be used ``very soon ... will come,'' Cohen said. Apaches are the Army's best attack ... used extensively in the 1991 Gulf War. Flown with a crew of two ...

Article: Sophisticated Apaches confronting new challenge
International Herald Tribune;  March 25, 2003 ;     641 words ... ... 500 Iraqi tanks in the 1991 Gulf War and, more recently, with ... Afghanistan. But the downing of two Apaches indicates that these helicopters ... U.S. forces in Baghdad. Apaches are highly lethal in their ... features, may not work well for Apaches if they have to stay close ...

Article: As Apaches train to fight, accidental losses rise
The Boston Globe;  May 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... However, in other ways, the Apaches are more vulnerable. Their mission ... 1994, according to US Army data, Apaches have crashed, on average, two ... 1991, the year of the Persian Gulf War, Apaches crashed at a rate of 8.76 per ...

Article: Terrain already proves deadly to Army Apaches.
The Boston Herald;  May 6, 1999 ;     654 words ... ... that combat in Kosovo could be costly for the Apaches. "There is a lot of trepidation, particularly ... This is not a tailormade operation for the Apaches." Unlike the Gulf War, where Apaches flew over open desert that was ideal for killing ...

Article: Weather, not politics, delays Apaches.
United Press International;  May 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... fly higher than the Army's Apaches, giving them far more protection ... Ken Bacon said that when the Apaches were dispatched to Albania ... great effect during the Persian Gulf War, were the most feasible way ... A-10s can do the work the Apaches were sent there to do ...

Article: Terrain already proves deadly to Army ...
The Boston Herald;  May 6, 1999 ;     652 words ... ... that combat in Kosovo could be costly for the Apaches. "There is a lot of trepidation, particularly ... This is not a tailormade operation for the Apaches." Unlike the Gulf War, where no Apaches were lost in combat over a wide-open desert ...