U.S. Army Demonstrates Counter-UAS Capability Using AH-64E Apache Written 20 March 2026
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An AH-64E Apache helicopter engages UAS during Operation Skyfall at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 18, 2026. | Credit: U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger; Public Domain
Aerotime reports, “The US Army’s 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (12th CAB) has used the AH-64E Apache in a counter-drone role during an exercise in Germany, in what the unit described as a first for the European theater. In a release published on March 19, 2026, the brigade said that soldiers from the 2-159th Attack Battalion had used the helicopter’s existing weapons to engage and destroy drones in air-to-air engagements during Operation Skyfall at the Grafenwoehr Training Area.”
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