Labels:book | daily | reckoner | sky | tribute album OCR: INTRODUCTION uO January 16th 1991, eight Apache helicopters fired the first shots in Operation Desert Storm, using their Hellfire missiles 70mm rockets and 30mm rounds against Iraqi early warning radar systems, paving the way for the allied air offensive that followed. Apaches wore the first to arrive in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield The first attack helicopters to tako prisoners without troops present capturing over 500 Iraqi soldiers The only coalition aircraft on February 25th and 26th when other aircraft were due to weather restrictions Throughout the conflict, the Apache maintained the best reliability record any helicopter the combat arena. The Apache has long been regarded by many as the most exciting modern combat helicopter and now set to get even better The current Apa ...
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