-BOEING: First U.S. Army unit equipped with Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows earns combat certification.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 November 1998-BOEING: First U.S. Army unit equipped with Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows earns combat certification (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:191198 With eight months of collective training under their belts, and a unique perspective on how to fight on the digital battlefield of the future, members of the first U.S.

Army AH-64D Apache Longbow combat battalion have been certified as combat ready. Members of the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, now will await their first field assignment with their Apache Longbows, the world's only fourth-generation combat helicopter. The certification for the 1-227th follows individual pilot and maintenance training at The Boeing Company in Mesa, Ariz., over the past 15 months, and eight months...