Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American four-blade, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability.

The Apache originally started as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The prototype YAH-64 was first flown on 30 September 1975. The U.S. Army selected the YAH-64 over the Bell YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982. After purchasing Hughes Helicopters in 1984, McDonnell Douglas continued AH-64 production and development. The helicopter was introduced to U.S. Army service in April 1986. The first production AH-64D Apache Longbow, an upgraded Apache variant, was delivered to the Army in March 1997. Production has been continued by Boeing Defense, Space & Security; over 2,000 AH-64s have been produced to date.

AH64

Asian Highway 64 (AH64) is a road in the Asian Highway Network running 1666 km (1041 miles) from Petropavl, Kazakhstan to Barnaul, Russia connecting AH6 and AH62 to AH4. The route is as follows:

Kazakhstan

A1 Highway: Petropavl - Kokshetau

A1 Highway:Kokshetau - Astana

P4 Road: Astana - Shiderty

A17 Highway: Shiderty - Pavlodar

M38 Highway: Pavlodar - Semey

A11 Highway: Semey - Krasny Aul

Russia

A322 Road: Rubtsovsk - Barnaul