UK Apaches 'facing obsolescence' without upgrade

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The AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64 Apache AH.1 attack helicopter has become "the bedrock" of British Army operations, but needs urgent upgrades if the capability is to be retained, a senior military official said in early May. Speaking to IHS Jane's, Air Vice Marshal Carl Dixon (Royal Air Force), Commander Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), said operations in Afghanistan and Libya had demonstrated the essential utility of the Apache, but that the Block 1-standard machines operated by the Army Air Corps (AAC) are in danger of becoming obsolete.