AH-64E Apache Wall Art

AH-64E Apache — 5 museum-grade prints, engineered to a wall. India ordered 22 AH-64E(I) Apaches under a 2015 deal, with induction beginning in 2019 and aircraft split between Pathankot and Jorhat — 125 Helicopter Squadron operating the eastern detachment from Jorhat Air Force Station in Assam. The AH-64E(I) is a country-specific Guardian derivative with Indian mission systems and communications, retaining the Apache's signature Longbow mast-mounted radar and Hellfire-centric anti-armor doctrine. The 1-101st Aviation Regiment — parent lineage to the 1-101st Attack Battalion — is widely cited for firing the opening shots of Operation Desert Storm from AH-64 Apache helicopters on 17 January 1991. Fort Campbell, straddling the Kentucky–Tennessee line, hosts the 101st Airborne Division and remains one of the US Army's principal attack-aviation hubs. India operates Apache attack helicopters across two services: the Indian Air Force fields twenty-two AH-64E(I) machines with AN/APG-78 Longbow radar through 125 Helicopter Squadron at Jorhat, while the Indian Army's six AH-64E Guardians consolidate under 451 AAC at Jodhpur — a deliberate split that places heavy attack rotorcraft on both eastern and western fronts. The AH-64E Guardian integrates improved drivetrain, composite rotor blades, and modernised avionics over earlier D-model Apaches; for the Army Aviation Corps, it complements the indigenous HAL Prachand light combat helicopter already entering squadron service.

Updated 14 Jun 2026