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US Army miscalculates number of Apaches needed

29th June 2018 - 15:50 GMT | by Ashley Roque in Washington DC

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Question marks are surrounding the US Army's AH-64E Apache buy after service leaders failed to properly analyse the number of aircraft needed for testing and pilot training, and now the army says it needs an additional 21 aircraft. 

In a recent DoD Inspector General (IG) report that looks into the army's justification for its AH-64E Apache new build and remanufacture procurement quantities, the office said service officials 'could not justify the planned procurement quantities of 85 training, 67 float and 15 test' aircraft. After a review, the service has revised the 167 figure and has stated that the accurate

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Ashley Roque joined Shephard Media in January 2018 as its North American Editor, based in …

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