
On 26 January 2007, an AH-64 Apache helicopter, belonging to A Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation regiment, waits for the helicopter it is escorting through Eastern Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael

A helicopter crewman from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stands beside an AH-64A Apache helicopter as it is prepared for takeoff during Operation Desert Shield. The helicopter is armed with an M-230A1 30mm automatic cannon beneath its cockpit and is carrying AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on its wing pylon.

U.S. Army Capt. Randy Lutz performs a preflight inspection on an Apache AH-64A helicopter March 19, 2009, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. The helicopter is transferring from the South Carolina Army National Guard to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. (U.S. Army photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward E. Snyder/Released)

An AH-64 Apache from 10th Mountain Division Combat Aviation Brigade refuels in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on January, 5 2007. (Release) (U.S. Army photo by SSG Marcus J. Quarterman)

A CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apache from Combined Joint Task Force 76 land on the flight line in Bagram, Afghanistan on January 26, 2007. (Released) (U.S. Army photo by SSG Marcus J. Quarterman)