Apaches get new look

Apaches get new look

(EXCERPT) By Henry Cuningham Military editor

After the holidays, people looking up at the sky around Fort Bragg may
notice a different-looking Apache helicopter.

About half of the Apache Longbow helicopters are equipped with a fire
control radar that sits above the rotors. The system is shaped a bit
like a thick tire mounted above the blades.

The remanufactured and upgraded $36 million D model Apache Longbow is
supposed to help usher the Army into the digital age. That means
target information can be sent without using voice communication.

The two-seat, tank-killing AH-64A model came out in the early to mid
1980s and debuted in Panama.

''It was built at the end of the '70s when they designed it...

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