Members of the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade receive their initial fielding of the new Echo Model Apache, replacing the previous generation’s Delta Apache helicopter, on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 14, 2019. The AH-64E Apache helicopter was designed to increase power margins, reliability and lethality to ensure the Apache is a viable combat fighting force in large scale combat operations. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Chantel Green)
Transcript
What we’ve done here today is we’ve received the new aircraft in the Army’s fleet, especially to Fort Bragg. It’s incredibly important for us to modernize our fleet of aircraft here at the 82nd because we have such an important mission, we are America’s guard of honor. Specifically, with all the new technologies that come out, we don’t wanna be stuck in the past, so this aircraft integrates a whole new range of options that I have to integrate whether it be Air Force and Navy. It does have an increased capability for speed so I can go faster. It’s got an increased capability for range. I can stay overhead for more time, and then I can carry more ammunition, which in the end that just helps me provide more support to the ground force commander.