On S??. 30, 1975, th? B??in? AH-64 A??ch? m??? its ?i?st ?li?ht. Th? A??ch? w?s ??si?n?? t? ???l?c? th? AH-1 C???? ??? th? Unit?? St?t?s A?m?’s A?v?nc?? Att?ck H?lic??t?? ??????m. In ?th?? w???s, it w?s c???t?? t? kill t?nks ?n? ?th?? v?hicl?s. It is th? m?st ??v?nc?? m?lti-??l? c?m??t h?lic??t?? ??? th? U.S. A?m? ?n? h?s ?cc?m?l?t?? m??? th?n 4.2 milli?n ?li?ht h???s sinc? it ????n ?ctiv? s??vic? in 1984.

It ???sts l?s??-??i??? ???cisi?n H?ll?i?? missil?s, 70 millim?t?? ??ck?ts, ?n? ? 30 millim?t?? ??t?m?tic c?nn?n with ?? t? tw?lv? h?n???? hi?h ?x?l?siv?, ???l-?????s? ?mm?niti?n ???n?s. Acc???in? t? Vict?? S?v???v’s “Insi?? th? S?vi?t A?m?,” ? st?n???? S?vi?t t?nk ??tt?li?n h?? 31 t?nks, s? ?n? A??ch? h?s ?n???h H?ll?i??s t? t?k? ??t ?v?? h?l? ? ??tt?li?n. Ev?n th? m?st m????n t?nks, lik? th? T-90, c?nn?t withst?n? th? H?ll?i??.

Th? U.S. ?i?st ?s?? th? A??ch? in c?m??t ???in? th? inv?si?n ?? P?n?m? in O????ti?n J?st C??s? ?n? h?s ?tiliz?? th? ?tt?ck ?i?? in m?lti?l? c?n?licts sinc?, incl??in? O????ti?n D?s??t St??m, O????ti?n En???in? F?????m, ?n? O????ti?n I???i F?????m.

An? j?st t? m?k? it ?v?n m??? ?itchin’, th? A?m? h?s st??t?? t?sts th?t inv?lv? ??????in? th? A??ch? with l?s?? w????ns, which h?v? ?l????? ????n s?cc?ss??ll? t?kin? ??t th?i? t????ts. In 2020, th? Unit?? St?t?s S??ci?l O????ti?ns C?mm?n? t?st?? ? hi?h-?n???? l?s?? ?n th? AH-64 A??ch? ?tt?ck h?lic??t??, m??kin? th? ?i?st tim? s?ch ? w????n h?s ???n ???l???? ?????? ? ??t???-win? ?i?c???t.