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The AH-64E is a tandem-seat attack helicopter with upgraded propulsion, avionics and connectivity. Its configuration is distinct from the earlier AH-64A and AH-64D.
United StatesBoeing AH-64 Apache
"Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army" - by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedAttack helicopter
United States
Hughes Helicopters (1975–1984) McDonnell Douglas (1984–1997) Boeing Defense, Space & Security (1997–present)
In service
United States Army British Army Air Corps Israeli Air Force Royal Saudi Land Forces
2,700+
1975–present
April 1986
30 September 1975
AgustaWestland Apache
2 (pilot, and co-pilot/gunner)
58 ft 2 in (17.73 m) * Fuselage length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
12 ft 8 in (3.87 m)
11,387 lb (5,165 kg)
17,650 lb (8,006 kg)
23,000 lb (10,433 kg)
2 × General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engines, 1,690 shp (1,260 kW) each (upgraded to 1,890 shp (1,409 kW) T700-GE-701C for AH-64A/D from 1990)
48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
158 kn (182 mph, 293 km/h)
143 kn (165 mph, 265 km/h)
257 nmi (296 mi, 476 km) with Longbow radar mast
260 nmi (300 mi, 480 km)
1,024 nmi (1,178 mi, 1,896 km)
20,000 ft (6,100 m)
1× 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun with 1,200 rounds as part of the Area Weapon Subsystem
Four pylon stations on the stub wings. Longbows also have a station on each wingtip for an AIM-92 Stinger twin missile pack.
1,908.5 sq ft (177.31 m 2 ) 4-bladed main-rotor and 4-bladed tail-rotor with 55° non-orthogonal blade offset
root: HH-02; tip: NACA 64A006
197 kn (227 mph, 365 km/h)
9.8 lb/sq ft (48 kg/m 2 )
0.18 hp/lb (0.30 kW/kg)
Hydra 70 70 mm, CRV7 70 mm, and APKWS 70 mm air-to-ground rockets
Typically AGM-114 Hellfire variants; Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) ; AGM-65 Maverick and Spike missiles may also be carried.
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
The system in detail
A narrow crew fuselage, stub wings and four-blade main rotor define the Apache. Some aircraft carry a mast-mounted radar; that installation should be identified instead of assumed for every aircraft.1
The nose sensor assembly supports observation and crew sighting. The published armament list describes available arrangements, not one simultaneous maximum load under every flight condition.1
Boeing publishes a 14.7 m aircraft length; rotor-swept overall length is a different measurement. The draft model envelope therefore remains illustrative pending configuration-specific dimension review.1
Use equal temperature, altitude and load assumptions when comparing helicopters. Maximum takeoff mass does not directly state useful payload or hover performance.1
Visual reference
AH-64 Apache of the US Army at ILA 2024 Apache programme reference photograph; the photographed production standard is not independently established as AH-64E.
Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedAH-64 Apache equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Australia
EgyptEgyptian AH-64D Apache fleet reported by Boeing on 7 September 2026. Family-level holdings; does not imply aircraft are all mission-ready. Modernization into AH-64E is not added as new aircraft.
GreeceArmy exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache; AH-64A Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IndiaIndian Air Force AH-64E fleet only, reported by Boeing on 7 September 2026. Excludes Indian Army Apaches; this is not the total across both services or a mission-readiness count.
IndonesiaReported count for Boeing AH-64 Apache · AH-64E. Service scope: Indonesian Army Aviation; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 8. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
IsraelAir Force exact named equipment holdings: AH-64A Apache (Peten); AH-64D Apache (Saraf). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
JapanGround Self-Defense Force exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
KuwaitAir Force exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MoroccoReported count for AH-64 Apache · AH-64E. Service scope: Royal Moroccan Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 19. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
NetherlandsAir & Space Force exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
PolandArmy exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache (leased). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
QatarReported count for AH-64 Apache · AH-64E. Service scope: Qatar Emiri Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 24. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Saudi ArabiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
SingaporeAir Force exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
South KoreaArmy exact named equipment holdings: AH-64E Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TaiwanArmy exact named equipment holdings: AH-64E Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
United Arab EmiratesJoint Aviation Command exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
United KingdomTotal reported rotary-wing holdings of the named platforms, including aircraft outside the effective forward fleet. Not an active-only or readiness count. Platforms included: Apache AH-64E.
United StatesUS Army exact named equipment holdings: AH-64D Apache; AH-64E Apache. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
United States Army British Army Air Corps Israeli Air Force Royal Saudi Land Forces
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for AH-64 Apache · AH-64A / D. Service scope: Israeli Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 48. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Boeing AH-64 Apache. Service scope: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 12. Origin: United States Japan. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Boeing AH-64 Apache · AH-64D. Service scope: Saudi Arabian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 47. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for AH-64 Apache · AH-64D / E. Service scope: United Arab Emirates Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 30. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for AH-64D/E Apache Longbow, Guardian. Service scope: Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): inventory: 824. Origin: USA. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.