US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters deployed to Iraq have engaged Islamic State targets for the first time since October 2014, the Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced on 13 June. An unknown number of Apaches have been in Iraq since at least October 2014, when then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff General Martin Demp-sey said they had been used to defend Baghdad. They have not seen action since then, but the US military listed them in April as one of several 'enablers' that it would use to support Iraqi forces.
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