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Attack Helicopter's Role in Afghan War Lauded by Military in Mesa, Ariz., Area.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2002
By Ed Taylor, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 4--Top U.S. Army brass lauded the latest combat performance of the Apache attack helicopter during a ceremony this week marking five years of production of an advanced model at Boeing's Mesa, Ariz., factory. The event gave Army officials a chance to thank Boeing employees and to describe the helicopter's value during Operation Anaconda, which restored the gunship's fighting reputation after a weak performance in Kosovo in 1999.
Apaches were credited with saving the lives of many American troopers who were brought into the Shah-e-Kot Valley of eastern Afghanistan in the opening hours of the operation, said Col. Ralph Pallotta, Apache project manager at Fort Rucker, Ala....
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