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TopicApache Helicopters

Topic: Apache Helicopters

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Boeing begins production of Apache helicopters for Army, 1st of these to be delivered in 2024 

Attack helicopters are used to provide direct close air support for ground troops & can perform anti-tank operations. Twenty-two Apache helicopters already in use with IAF.

India is a market like no other, Boeing says as it outlines 20-year plan

Boeing currently has 62 aircraft in operation with the Indian military — Apache, Chinook, P8I, C17 — and is eyeing fighter contracts from IAF and Navy.

IAF deploys Apache attack helicopters and Chinooks in Ladakh, increases combat air patrols

Apaches were brought to provide close air support to the ground forces, while Chinooks were brought to enable faster deployment of troops and equipment.

IAF’s brand new & expensive Apache chopper makes emergency landing due to technical glitch

In a span of 24 hours, one of IAF's oldest and the newest choppers have made emergency landings.

Army and IAF fought over Apache choppers, costing us Rs 2,500 crore more. Blame their silos

Purchase of 28 Apache helicopters is the prime example of how India could have worked out a better deal had the IAF and Army not acted in silos.

8 Apache choppers added to fleet, IAF combat capabilities & strike options get big boost

Apache AH 64E, an out-and-out attack helicopter, will replace Mi-35s that were designed to carry troops into heavily-defended territories.

IAF gets its first 4 attack helicopters as Apache touches down in India

The Apache AH-64E is one of the deadliest attack helicopters, and comes equipped with a cannon, rockets and missiles. IAF believes it’ll be a game-changer.

Boeing says Indian Army’s six new Apache choppers will be the ‘most lethal’

The Indian Army is getting the first batch of these helicopters in 2019.

On Camera

BJP’s Gen Z Instagram outreach has flopped. Friends are cringing

The tools of mockery BJP perfected have been picked up by teenagers who used them to demand a Union minister's resignation. Now, the government's response is to try and out-meme Gen Z.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

Gen VN Sharma, who led Army in the turbulent late eighties, dies at 97

Hailing from an illustrious military family, he was son of Maj Gen Amar Nath Sharma. His eldest brother Maj Som Nath Sharma is the first recipient of the posthumous Param Vir Chakra.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.