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Pilots from the United States prepare to conduct a maintenance test flight of one of the Australian Army's two new AH-64E Apache helicopters in Townsville. Photo by Captain Chloe Elwood.

Australian Army News

Aussie Apaches land in Townsville

10/10/202512/10/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 923 Views 0 Comments AH-64E Apache, RAAF Townsville

Army’s first new attack helicopters were delivered to RAAF Base Townsville last month. CAPTION: Pilots from the United States prepare

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Australian Army AH-64E Apache pilots, Captain Craig Burger, left, and Captain Jonathan Hogan, at the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence, in Alabama. Story by Captain Jonathan Hogan. Photos supplied.

Australian Army News USA

The art of teaching Apache – an aviator’s experience

07/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2482 Views 0 Comments 1st Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache, US Army

Australian Army pilot Captain Jonathan Hogan describes his training as an instructor on the Apache attack helicopter in Alabama. CAPTION: Australian

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AT003, one of Australia's first AH-64E Apache aircraft entered final assembly at the Boeing Defense Apache Facility in Mesa, Arizona in May 2025. Story by Major Lily Charles.

Australian Army News

Aussie Apaches on course for delivery

30/07/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1975 Views 1 Comment 1st Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache, Boeing

The integrated force is a step closer to a new era of attack aviation, with Army’s first four AH-64E Apaches

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Army forward arming and refuelling point operators, of 1st Aviation Regiment, carry out a weapon clearance drill on an ARH Tiger during Exercise Griffin Walk. Story and photos by Captain Tadek Markowski.

Australian Army News

Training Tigers to handle Apaches

13/06/202515/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1240 Views 0 Comments 1st Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache, ARH Tiger, Exercise Griffin Walk

With rain hammering down, Corporal Tuilakepa ‘Fiji’ Fakraufon is responding to rapid-fire technical questions as part of a post-activity review.

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A British soldier from 3 Regiment Army Air Corps and soldiers from the 1st Aviation Regiment, Australian Army Aviation Command, observed as a AH-64E attack helicopter taxis down the pan during their learning experience at Wattisham Flying Station. Story by Major Lily Charles. Photos by Photos: Corporal Aaron J Stone.

Australian Army News UK

British give Aussies a head start on Apache

12/09/202414/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2340 Views 1 Comment 1st Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache, ARH Tiger, Aviation Command, British Armed Forces

Australian maintenance personnel are getting their hands on Army’s future attack helicopter, the AH-64E Apache, more than a year before

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Warrant Officer Class One Benjamin Spain is a ground crew mission support standards officer within Army Aviation Command. Story by Flight Lieutenant Marina Power.

ADF People Australian Army

Ground crew career takes off

21/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1506 Views 0 Comments AH-64E Apache, Aviation Command, UH-60M Black Hawk

It’s a busy time to be in Army aviation for ground crew mission support (GCMS), with the introduction of UH-60M

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AH-64E Apache fitted with AN/APG-78 LONGBOW fire-control radar – doubled its range without any hardware changes. Photo supplied.

Australian Army News

Australia’s Apaches will be based in Townsville

02/07/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3169 Views 1 Comment AH-64E Apache

The government has announced it will spend nearly $700 million in Townsville to support the Australian Army’s new AH-64E Apache

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