Hi folks!
Hoping that you are not sick and tired of US Army choppers yet, here is my third and final post on 10th CAB´s arrival in Europe, this time covering the mighty AH-64D Apaches of the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment from Fort Drum,NY. These helicopters arrived at Bremerhaven a week after the first badge of Chinooks and Blackhawks and meanwhile departed Bremerhaven docks for the US Army Air Field of Illesheim in Bavaria.
#1 09-07063 coming back to the docks after a short Functional Check Flight:
Images #2 to #12 were shot on 24th February during the departure of nine Apaches:
#2 03-05393
#3 02-05290
#4 03-05393
#5 04-05452
#6 03-05416
#7 04-05459
#8 04-05452
#9 03-05416
#10 04-05465
#11 sorry, no serial for this one (they are hard to identify…)
#12 9-ship airborne, enroute to Bremen airport for a top-off
Images #13 to #26 were taken at Bremen airport on 21st February during an unexpected visit of two Chinooks and three Apaches that diverted here because of bad weather enroute to the south:
#13 09-07063
#14 04-05458
#15 04-05458
#16 03-05363
#17 03-05363
#18 04-05458 in the foreground
#19 03-05363
#20 09-07063
#21 09-07063
#22 04-05458
#23 09-07063
#24 09-07063
#25 03-05363
#26 09-07063
Images 27, 28 and 33 were taken at Bremen airport on 28th February when a 4-ship dropped in for a gas´n go:
#27 04-05427
#28 04-05427
Images 29 to 32 also taken at Bremen on 3rd March:
#29 09-07066
#30 09-07066
#31 09-07066
#32 09-07066
#33 ARMY45427-formation on the apron at Bremen awaiting start-up
It was not only helicopters - a couple of supporting flights were also noted:
#34 C-12U-5 84-00157/ DUKE09 from Theater Aviation Company ECHO, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment (jeeeez, what a title…) at Wiesbaden, seen at Bremen airport in January in support of this US Army deployment:
#35 C-37A 02-1863/PAT63 of OSACOM (Operational Support Airlift Command) at Andrews AFB,Md., also at Bremen airport in support of this deployment:
#36 same.
And this is it. Thank you if you made it this far. C&C always welcome.
Cheers,
Chris
Fly to Glory - On Apaches!
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Re: Fly to Glory - On Apaches!
Very cool to see, thanks for posting
Re: Fly to Glory - On Apaches!
Very cool.
Number 2 is exeptional.
Number 2 is exeptional.
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Re: Fly to Glory - On Apaches!
Backdrop at the docks is great. Very unique.
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Re: Fly to Glory - On Apaches!
Enjoyed your 3 posts, particularly some interesting backgrounds. That must have been great to actually see.
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