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WASHINGTON, Jan 27, 2014-The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for AH-64E APACHE LONGBOW Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $4.8 billion. [....] This proposed sale supports the strategic interests of the United States by providing Iraq with a critical capability to protect itself from terrorist and conventional threats, to enhance the protection of key oil infrastructure and platforms, and to reinforce Iraqi sovereignty. This proposed sale of AH-64E APACHE helicopters will support Iraq’s efforts to establish a fleet of multi-mission attack...

Three Apache Longbow helicopters arrive in Israel as part of USD 640 million defense-upgrade project; equipped with advanced night-vision system; remaining choppers to arrive by the end of 2006. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) received three Apache Longbow helicopters Sunday as part of a newly-established 20-helicopter squadron. The highly advanced chopper can fly in all weather conditions and at nighttime, as it comes equipped with a night-vision system that transfers images directly to the pilot's eyes, a senior IAF officer said. Another major advantage of the chopper pertains to its radar, which permits the detection of more than one target...

<p>It was America's only battlefield retreat in a land blitzkrieg that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in 27 days.</p> <p>On the night of March 24, U.S. Army commanders sent 34 of the Army's most advanced attack helicopters against the Medina Division of the Republican Guard near Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad.</p>

With the impressive Victory looming in Iraq, I am wondering what happened to the following: AMERICAN POWs ... there are still those missing the field and we mustn't miss them. APACHE LONGBOW ... what happened to that Apache Longbow that was "shot down" and paraded in the streets of Baghdad and why the hell didn't we destroy it? Finally, that pesky smoking gun ... I know we'll find it, but it's teasing us. Any other questions still outstanding? Post them here.

AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. General Tommy Franks said on Monday that the two crewmen of an Apache Longbow helicopter shot down south of Baghdad were missing. Baghdad aid earlier that Iraqi farmers had shot down two U.S. helicopters south of the capital and vowed to show the pilots on television, just as it did with other captured and killed soldiers on Sunday. "The fate of the crew is uncertain right now. We characterise that crew, two men, as missing in action," Franks told a news briefing at Central Command in Qatar. He said the helicopter...