1st Apache Helicopter Formally Handed Over To IAF

The Indian Air Force has received its first Apache Guardian attack helicopter. The Apache Guardian attack helicopter was formally handed over to India on May 10 at the chopper production facility in Arizona, US.

India signed a contract for 22 of the Apache Guardian choppers with the US in September 2015. Air Marshal AS Butola, who represented the Indian Air Force, accepted the first Apache in a ceremony at Boeing production facility where US government representatives were also present.