Australia dumps Tiger

[casper64]

Oh dear now it seems the Apache ain’t perfect either… who would imagine. Don’t let the Aussies read this!

https://military.news131daily.com/u-...ssue-with-nut/

[BigMike]

"U.S. Army stops accepting AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters over issue with nut"

So a bit of WD-40 required on the preflight then...

[Twist & Shout]

Originally Posted by casper64

Oh dear now it seems the Apache ain’t perfect either… who would imagine. Don’t let the Aussies read this!

https://military.news131daily.com/u-...ssue-with-nut/

In my mind this demonstrates the advantage of buying one of the most widely used type.
Australia doesn’t have to try to get the issue rectified - a bigger customer will take care of that!

[casper64]

True…. Valid point 👍

[KfirGuy]

One minor point, Casper... while the site you linked strangely seems to have picked up and ran this story recently, it is actually from 4 years ago. The Defense News article they cite was published on 19 April 2018. I recalled this being an issue before, and was surprised to see it pop back up again, only to realize it was a re-hash of an old story for clicks.

The article is titled "army stops taking ah-64es from Boeing due to lack of confidence in part critical to safety" (I don't have enough posts to publish URLs here, sadly, but if you search this alongside Defense News, you'll find the story)
Here is the link in question.

[Bellicose]

Apache colour scheme

Originally Posted by chopper2004

Hope they keep their camouflage when they receive the Guardian, as I think only the JGSDF and IDFAF have their lAH-64D in camouflage.



Unless it’s the trick of the light I think our new pair of Guardians have different shade (darker) CARC paint (?)

cheers

Ref painting Apaches; I have heard that they will be adorned with a rainbow colour scheme as nothing is more important in Australia these days than "Diversity and Inclusion".

[Tibbsy]

Originally Posted by Bellicose

Ref painting Apaches; I have heard that they will be adorned with a rainbow colour scheme as nothing is more important in Australia these days than "Diversity and Inclusion".

oh LOL ....