Poland selects the Boeing AH-64E Apache to replaces its fleet of Mi-24 Hinds.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Good decision Poland. You are getting an excellent helicopter. They are purchasing 96 of them and the Apache was selected over the Bell AH-1Z Viper, Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk, Airbus Tiger, and Turkish TAI T-129.

Poland to buy almost 100 Apaches as defence spending accelerates

Poland intends to acquire almost 100 new attack helicopters, having selected the Boeing AH-64E Apache for its long-running Kruk requirement.

www.flightglobal.com

 

[SaparotRob]

Does anyone in putler's circle let him know about this stuff? I just see him at the end of a long table contemplating shooting himself as these reports come in. The Tokarev is, of course, at the other end of the table.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Poland said "If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going."

 

[Admiral Beez]

In the days where it's F-35s (in some variant) for all three US air services, why does the US have a parallel attack helicopter program with the Bell AH-1Z Viper? Why not Apaches for both the Army and, with suitable mods, the USMC?

 

[nuuumannn]

Not surprising, really; the AH-64 raised the bar.

 

[GrauGeist]

The AH-1Z is built to Marine Corps specs and is the last in line of the AH-1 series, which has been retired from service by other branches.

The AH-64 is geared more toward Army needs.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

In the days where it's F-35s (in some variant) for all three US air services, why does the US have a parallel attack helicopter program with the Bell AH-1Z Viper? Why not Apaches for both the Army and, with suitable mods, the USMC?

I think that was politics. As much as I love the Cobra (Viper), the Apache is a much more capable aircraft.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The AH-1Z is built to Marine Corps specs

Makes sense. But the Royal Marines use Apaches well enough, though Army owned.

4 Royal Marines once strapped themselves to attack helicopters and rode into a Taliban compound

In January 2007, a group of Royal Marines threw together a crazy mission to rescue a wounded Marine trapped inside Jugroom Fort in Afghanistan.

www.wearethemighty.com

 

[J_P_C]

That was pure political announcement. I don't see any economical and organizational capabilities for my country to support AH-64 fleet, especially in the quantity which has been put in the RFI.

 

[ThomasP]

I was wondering if it is part of the NATO interoperability & RING program?

 

[Admiral Beez]

I assume the Mi-24 Hinds are going to Ukraine?

 

[J_P_C]

I assume the Mi-24 Hinds are going to Ukraine?

as i said so far there is no indication that this RFI was anything more than part of election campaign of current PL government