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QUIET...
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DURABLE...
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AND DEADLY.
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Man: IT'S JUST THE BEST
ATTACK HELICOPTER IN THE WORLD,
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BAR NONE.
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Narrator: FROM ITS
CONTROVERSIAL BEGINNINGS...
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Reporter: CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATORS ARE RECOMMENDING
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THAT THE ARMY SCRAP ITS PLANS
TO BUY 132 HELICOPTERS.
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Narrator:
TO ITS BAPTISM OF HELLFIRE.
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Man: THE HELLFIRE IS
THE APACHE'S ULTIMATE ACCESSORY.
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Narrator:
THIS IS THE INSIDE STORY
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OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER
ATTACK HELICOPTER...
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HOW THE APACHE
HAD TO BATTLE TO SURVIVE.
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Man: THE ARMY REALLY WANTED
THIS AIRCRAFT,
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AND THEY WERE GOING
TO FIGHT FOR IT.
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Narrator:
OVERCOME COSTLY MISTAKES...
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[EXPLOSION]
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AND PROVE ITSELF IN COMBAT.
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2007.
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BAGHDAD.
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IT'S FOUR YEARS AFTER
THE FALL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN.
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IRAQ'S STABILITY
CONTINUES TO UNRAVEL.
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INSURGENTS WAGE
A GUERRILLA-STYLE WAR
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IN THE CITY'S LARGEST GHETTO:
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SADR CITY.
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ORDINARY NEIGHBORHOODS
TURN INTO BATTLE ZONES.
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AMERICAN TROOPS
AND IRAQI POLICEMEN
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STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN
THE VIOLENCE.
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Man: COALITION FORCES IN IRAQ
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AGGRESSIVELY SEEK OUT
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
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THAT OPPOSE OUR MISSION.
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Narrator: PRIME MINISTER
NOURI AL-MALIKI
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WANTS THE IRAQIS
TO HANDLE IT THEMSELVES.
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BUT PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
SENDS 20,000 MORE TROOPS.
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President Bush:
OUR GOAL IS A DEMOCRATIC IRAQ
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THAT UPHOLDS THE RULE OF LAW.
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Narrator: SOME OF THE TROOPS
HEAD FOR SADR CITY,
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JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN BAGHDAD.
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IT'S PACKED WITH
2.5 MILLION PEOPLE...
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MANY OF THEM ANGRY.
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Ryan Inbody: AT THAT POINT,
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THE GOVERNMENT WAS, "HEY,
THIS NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH,"
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AND ALL THE FOCUS
OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY
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BECAME THE SADR FIGHT.
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Narrator: CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
RYAN INBODY
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HAS BEEN A PILOT
FOR OVER TWELVE YEARS.
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HE SERVED TWO TOURS IN IRAQ.
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Inbody:
THE ROCKETS WERE STARTING
TO COME OUT OF SADR CITY
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AND STARTING TO GO
INTO THE GREEN ZONE.
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THE LEGITIMACY OF THE IRAQI
GOVERNMENT WAS AT STAKE.
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Narrator: NEARLY 80% OF BAGHDAD
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IS ALREADY UNDER
INSURGENT FORCES.
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IF THE REST OF THE CITY FALLS,
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IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT
COULD FALL WITH IT.
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Inbody: BAGHDAD IS THE CENTER OF
GRAVITY FOR THAT WHOLE COUNTRY.
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OBVIOUSLY,
WHOEVER CONTROLS THE CAPITAL
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CONTROLS THE COUNTRY.
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Narrator:
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
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HAS THE MOST POWERFUL
MUNITIONS ON EARTH
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AT ITS DISPOSAL.
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WHEN IT NEEDS TO LOCK DOWN
AN ENTIRE CITY,
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THERE'S ONE WEAPON IT TURNS TO
OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
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THE AMERICAN-MADE APACHE.
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Josh Harris: WE'RE HERE TODAY
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WITH THE AH-64 DELTA
ATTACK HELICOPTER,
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THE ARMY'S PREMIER
ATTACK PLATFORM.
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THE WEAPON SYSTEM THE AIRCRAFT
IS MOST KNOWN FOR
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IS THE 30-MILLIMETER CANNON,
WHICH IS SLUNG UNDERNEATH.
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IT'S A MACHINE GUN, ESSENTIALLY,
SHOOTS CANNON ROUNDS...
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UP TO ABOUT
650 ROUNDS PER MINUTE.
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WHEN YOU SHOOT THAT GUN,
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ALL THE DECK PLATES
ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT
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VIBRATE AND RATTLE.
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IT MOVES ALL OF YOUR ORGANS
INSIDE YOU.
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IT VIBRATES YOUR HDU
IN YOUR EYE,
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IT VIBRATES YOUR RETINAS.
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YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR TEETH.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
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Narrator: IF THE GUN
DOESN'T GET YOUR ATTENTION,
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THE APACHE HAS OTHER OPTIONS.
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Harris: YOU CAN SEE
INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT,
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ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE YOU HAVE
A ROCKET-LAUNCHER TUBE,
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YOU HAVE A HELLFIRE
MISSILE LAUNCHER RACK.
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ALL OF THESE CAN BE
CONFIGURED AND TAILORED
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SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MISSION
THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S GOING ON.
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Narrator: THE APACHE
CAN DISH IT OUT,
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AND IT CAN TAKE IT, TOO.
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Harris: BOTH CREW STATIONS HAVE
A BALLISTICALLY TOLERANT SEAT.
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THERE'S A LOT OF KEVLAR
AND SOME CERAMIC BUILT INTO IT,
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AS WELL AS SOME KEVLAR PORTIONS
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BUILT INTO THE SIDE
OF THE AIRCRAFT HERE ITSELF.
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THE FUEL TANKS
OF THE AIRCRAFT THEMSELVES
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ARE BALLISTICALLY TOLERANT.
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THEY'LL SEAL UP TO ABOUT
A .50-CALIBER IMPACT.
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BUT THE REAL ADVANTAGE
THAT THEY HAVE
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IS THAT THEY'RE
INERT WITH NITROGEN.
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IT'S A SYSTEM THAT TAKES
THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE FUEL TANK
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SO THAT THE GAS ITSELF BECOMES
A BIT OF A BALLISTIC BARRIER.
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SO YOU'LL HAVE,
AT THE END OF SOME MISSIONS,
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YOU'LL HAVE BULLETS
IN THE GAS TANK
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THAT YOU NEED TO FISH OUT,
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BUT THEY DON'T PENETRATE
INTO THE CREW STATION.
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SO THAT'S JUST ONE MORE LEVEL
OF BALLISTIC PROTECTION
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BUILT INTO THE AIRCRAFT.
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THIS IS THE MOST SURVIVABLE,
SAFEST AIRCRAFT
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IN THE ARMY INVENTORY,
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HANDS DOWN.
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Narrator: FEBRUARY 28, 2007.
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CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
RYAN INBODY AND HIS CO-PILOT
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PREPARE THEIR APACHE
FOR A FLIGHT OVER BAGHDAD.
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Inbody: AT FIRST IT WAS
JUST A REGULAR PATROL.
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IT WAS PRETTY CALM.
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I MEAN, IT WAS ACTUALLY
KIND OF BORING, TO BE HONEST,
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JUST FLYING IN A CIRCLE LOOKING.
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BUT THAT NIGHT,
FOR WHATEVER REASON,
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WAS JUST THE NIGHT
IT TURNED ON.
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Narrator: JUST A FEW MINUTES
INTO THE FLIGHT,
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THE APACHES RECEIVE
AN URGENT MESSAGE.
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REBEL LEADER
CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR
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HAS LAUNCHED A BOLD OFFENSIVE.
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HIS ARMY THREATENS
TO BRING ITS GUERRILLA WAR
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FROM THE STREETS OF THE GHETTO
TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
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Inbody: HE ACTIVATED ABOUT
10,000 INSURGENTS THAT EVENING.
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THEY ROLLED OUT IN THE STREET.
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THEY TOOK OVER
JOINT SECURITY STATIONS,
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SHOOTING RPGs AT EVERYBODY,
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HEAVY MACHINE-GUNNING
EVERYBODY THEY CAN.
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Narrator: REBELS QUICKLY
OVERWHELM TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
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Inbody: IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
AN OVERRUN SCENARIO
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WHERE ALL THESE GUYS ARE NOW
COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK
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ARMED WITH
MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONS.
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SO, WE COULDN'T
ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
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THAT'S WHY THE POWERS AT BE
SAID, "THIS IS THE FIGHT,"
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AND WE MADE IT THE FIGHT.
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Narrator:
TO WIN AGAINST AL-SADR,
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AMERICAN TROOPS AND IRAQI POLICE
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MUST REGAIN
CONTROL OF THE STREETS.
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THAT'S WHERE
THE APACHES COME IN.
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Inbody:
THE ROLE WAS VERY BROAD.
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IT WAS JUST ELIMINATE
THE ENEMY FIGHTERS IN THE AREA.
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Narrator: AL-SADR'S FIGHTERS
COUNT ON THE NIGHT
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TO GIVE THEM COVER
FOR THEIR BATTLE.
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BUT NOTHING CAN HIDE
FROM AN APACHE'S ROVING EYE.
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Harris: AT NIGHT,
THE AIRCRAFT HAS THE ADVANTAGE
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OF BEING ABLE TO SEE
IN THE ABSENCE OF AMBIENT LIGHT.
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IN PITCH-BLACK,
ZERO ILLUMINATION,
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THIS AIRCRAFT
IS FULLY CAPABLE OF NAVIGATING
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AND ENGAGING TARGETS.
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OTHER AIRCRAFT WOULD REQUIRE
SOME MOONLIGHT OR SOME STARLIGHT
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OR SOME MAN-MADE LIGHT,
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LIKE CITIES OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, TO OPERATE.
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THIS AIRCRAFT HAS THE ADVANTAGE
OF NOT NEEDING ANY OF THAT.
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Narrator:
A SPECIAL SENSOR IN THE NOSE
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ALLOWS THE APACHE
TO SEE AT NIGHT.
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IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS.
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THE DAYSIDE SECTION SEES LIGHT
JUST LIKE THE HUMAN EYE,
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IN THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM.
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THE OTHER PART OF THE SENSOR
IS THE NIGHT SIDE.
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IT ALLOWS THE APACHE
TO SEE IN PITCH BLACK.
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THE THERMAL-VISION
NIGHT-VISION SENSOR
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DETECTS INFRARED LIGHT
EMITTING FROM AN OBJECT.
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HOTTER OBJECTS,
SUCH AS PEOPLE OR VEHICLES,
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EMIT MORE OF THIS LIGHT
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THAN COOLER OBJECTS,
LIKE TREES OR BUILDINGS.
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Harris: 95% OF THE TIME
YOU'RE FLYING AT NIGHT,
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AND YOU'RE DOING IT
UNDER THERMAL VISION.
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A GUY GETS IN THE AIRCRAFT,
HE'S 26 YEARS OLD,
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HE HAS 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,
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YOU KNOW, INTERPRETING
WHAT HIS HUMAN EYE CAN SEE,
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BUT THE PILOT OF THIS AIRCRAFT
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HAS TO GET USED TO
SEEING IN THE THERMAL.
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IT'S AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT SPECTRUM OF LIGHT.
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IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
REPRESENTATION VISUALLY
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OF WHAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING.
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Narrator: THE SENSORS
PROJECT WHAT THEY SEE
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ONTO A MONOCULAR LENS,
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POSITIONED JUST AN INCH IN FRONT
OF THE PILOT'S RIGHT EYE.
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Preston Carrington:
THIS IS THE MONOCLE THAT REALLY
MAKES THE APACHE FAMOUS
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FOR WHAT IT DOES.
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IT ATTACHES TO THE HELMET,
LIKE SO,
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AND YOU JUST ROTATE IT
OVER YOUR EYE
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AND ADJUST THE LENS
WHERE YOU NEED IT.
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AT NIGHT,
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THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR
INFRARED SENSORS IS PIPED INTO.
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SO WE GET A GREEN IMAGE,
A GREEN GRAYSCALE IMAGE
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OF THE INFRARED
ENVIRONMENT AROUND US.
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THERE'S NOT ANOTHER HELICOPTER
OUT THERE THAT DOES THIS.
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Narrator: FLYING OVER BAGHDAD,
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CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
RYAN INBODY
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RELIES ON THIS
NIGHT-VISION SENSOR
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TO LOOK FOR INSURGENT FIGHTERS.
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IT ISN'T LONG BEFORE
HE AND HIS CO-PILOT
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ZERO IN ON A STRANGE GLOW.
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Inbody:
THIS IS AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING,
SO THERE'S NOBODY AROUND,
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AND WE FOUND FOUR, FIVE, SIX
TIRES ON THE ROAD ALL BURNING,
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BIG MICHELIN TIRES ON FIRE.
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Narrator: THE APACHE HOVERS,
LOOKING AROUND.
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ITS PILOTS KNOW ENOUGH
TO SMELL SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.
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Inbody:
WHY IS THERE NOBODY HERE?
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AND THEN WE LOOK DOWN
THE ALLEYWAY.
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SURE ENOUGH,
SEVEN GUYS IN THE ALLEYWAY.
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Narrator:
ARE THEY FRIEND OR FOE?
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THE CREW MUST BE SURE.
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THE CONSEQUENCES
ARE LIFE AND DEATH.
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Inbody: WE WANTED TO VALIDATE
WHO THEY WERE,
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SO WE SWUNG BY AGAIN TO MAKE
A REAL GOOD LOOK ON THE OBJECTS,
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AND WE JUST COUNTED DOWN...
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YOU KNOW, AK-47, AK-47, PKM,
RPG, PKM, AK-47.
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THAT'S CUT AND DRY.
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THESE DUDES ARE OBVIOUSLY
FIGHTERS, DEFINITELY MILITANTS.
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Narrator: THERE IS NO DOUBT.
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IT'S A DANGEROUS GROUP
OF INSURGENTS
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WIELDING LETHAL FIREPOWER
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AND TARGETING AMERICAN TROOPS.
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INBODY AND HIS GUNNER
CIRCLE A GROUP OF INSURGENTS
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HIDING NEAR A PILE
OF BURNING TIRES.
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IT'S A CLASSIC SET-UP
FOR AN AMBUSH.
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THE BURNING TIRES BLOCK TRAFFIC
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WHILE THE IRAQI MILITANTS
LAY IN WAIT.
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Inbody: THESE GUYS WERE
SETTING UP A CHECKPOINT
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TO ENGAGE AMERICAN FORCES.
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THEY'LL BE AROUND THE TIRES
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'CAUSE THAT'S THE OBSTACLE
IN THE ROAD
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THAT BLOCKS THE VEHICLE,
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AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE
THE VEHICLE UNDER FIRE.
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Narrator: IT COULD BE A SCENE
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PLUCKED FROM THE PAGES
OF AN INSURGENT HANDBOOK.
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BUT INBODY WANTS
TO REWRITE THE ENDING.
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Inbody:
SO WE MADE A LITTLE SWING OUT,
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PUT THE MISSILE IN PLACE.
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MISSILE'S OFF THE RAIL,
LOOKS GOOD,
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COMES DOWN...
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[EXPLOSION]
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BOOF! AND... NO MORE.
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Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS,
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APACHE PILOTS LOG MORE THAN
3,000 HOURS IN THE AIR.
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Inbody: WE WENT STREET BY STREET
TAKING THEM OUT.
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24 HOURS A DAY, THERE WERE
6 AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR,
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AND WE WERE TOE TO TOE WITH THEM
PRETTY SOLID
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FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 WEEKS, 3 WEEKS.
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AND WHEN I SAY TOE TO TOE,
I MEAN AS KINETIC OF A FIGHT
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AS I THINK ANYBODY'S
EVER SEEN ON TV.
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Narrator: THE APACHES' POWER
BEATS BACK THE GUERRILLA FORCES,
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ALLOWING IRAQI POLICE
AND U.S. TROOPS
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TO REGAIN CONTROL
OF THE STREETS.
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Inbody:
AT THE END OF ABOUT THE 30 DAY,
MUQTADA AL-SADR CALLED IT QUITS.
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Narrator: THE APACHES
SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE
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TO MUQTADA AL-SADR'S INSURGENTS
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AND TO GROUND TROOPS
THAT THEY'VE GOT THEIR BACK.
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Inbody: WHEN THAT GUY WALKED OUT
INTO THE STREET WITH HIS AK
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AND WAS READY TO
PICK A FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY,
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HE'S PICKING A FIGHT WITH ME.
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Narrator: THE MISSION'S SUCCESS
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IS A HUGE REWARD FOR THE APACHE
AND ITS SUPPORTERS...
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VALIDATION AFTER DECADES
OF CONTROVERSY.
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FROM THE BEGINNING,
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CRITICS SAID THE APACHE NEVER
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN AT ALL.
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1966.
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THE SOVIET UNION AND ITS ALLIES
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STOCKPILE TANKS ALONG
THE BORDERS OF WEST GERMANY.
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IT'S THE COLD WAR,
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AND THE SOVIETS
ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND.
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THE PENTAGON WATCHES
WITH A WARY EYE.
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IT KNOWS THAT EVEN
ITS BEST PLANES
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WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP
THE RUSSIAN THREAT.
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Roger Connor: THE BIG CHALLENGE
FOR AMERICAN PILOTS
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WAS THAT THEY HAD HUGE NUMBERS
OF SOVIET TANKS TO ATTACK.
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Narrator:
ROGER CONNOR IS A CURATOR
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IN THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE
MUSEUM'S AERONAUTICS DEPARTMENT.
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Connor: THE UNITED STATES
HAD TO DEFEND AGAINST
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A VERY SOPHISTICATED
SOVIET ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEM,
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BOTH IN TERMS OF LOW-LEVEL,
HEAVY MACHINE GUNS,
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ALSO VERY SOPHISTICATED
ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES.
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Narrator: AIR FORCE BOMBERS
AREN'T MANEUVERABLE ENOUGH
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TO DEFEND AGAINST
THE SOVIET WEAPONS,
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AND THEY FLY TOO HIGH TO SEE
WHAT THEY'RE FIGHTING.
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Al Winn: IF YOU'RE UP IN THE AIR
SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF FEET
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AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN
ON THE GROUND,
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THERE COULD BE TANKS
ALL OVER THE PLACE,
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BUT YOU'D NEVER SEE THEM.
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SO THEY DECIDED THEY NEEDED
TO DEVELOP A HELICOPTER
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THAT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
FOR THIS GROUND ATTACK MISSION.
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Narrator: AL WINN
WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT
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OF BOEING'S APACHE PROGRAM
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AND AN ENGINEER
AT THE U.S. ARMY'S
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AVIATION RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND.
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Winn: THE BEST WAY TO SEE A TANK
IS TO VISUALLY SEE THE TANK.
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AND THAT'S WHY THE HELICOPTER
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IS MORE BENEFICIAL
THAN A FIXED-WING,
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BECAUSE IT GETS DOWN
CLOSE TO THE GROUND.
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Narrator: AN ATTACK HELICOPTER
ISN'T A NEW IDEA.
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THE ARMY IS ALREADY
USING THEM IN VIETNAM.
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Winn: VIETNAM WAS
THE FIRST APPLICATION
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WHERE AVIATION BECAME
PART OF THE GROUND WAR.
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IT STARTED OUT WHERE THEY
STARTED ARMING HUEYS.
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THAT'S HOW
THEY FIRST STARTED OUT,
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BY JUST THROWING
MACHINE GUNS AND ROCKETS
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AND CARRYING THEM
ON THE SIDE OF HUEYS
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TO PROVIDE CLOSE COMBAT SUPPORT
FOR THE SOLDIERS.
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AND THEN THE COBRA WAS THE FIRST
REAL DEDICATED GUNSHIP,
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WHERE THEY BASICALLY
JUST TOOK A HUEY,
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PUT A SKINNY FUSELAGE ON IT
WITH A TURRETED GUN
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AND SOME WING STORE STATIONS
SO THEY COULD CARRY ROCKETS,
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AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE ATTACK HELICOPTER.
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Narrator:
THE IMPROVISED GUNSHIPS
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ARE BETTER THAN NOTHING,
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BUT THE ARMY WANTS MORE.
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WITH VIETNAM IN FULL SWING,
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ARMY BRASS FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS
ON DEVELOPING A HELICOPTER
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THAT'S FAST, ARMED,
AND HEAVILY ARMORED.
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THEY CALL IT THE CHEYENNE.
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Winn: THE ARMY CAME UP
WITH A REQUIREMENT
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WHERE THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP
AN ATTACK HELICOPTER,
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NOT BUILD IT OFF
SOMETHING ELSE.
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AND THAT'S WHAT
THE CHEYENNE WAS.
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Narrator:
WHEN IT DEBUTS IN 1967,
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THE CHEYENNE
IS LIKE NO HELICOPTER
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THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
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IT HAS WINGS.
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Connor: THE CHEYENNE PROGRAM
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WAS A VERY AMBITIOUS
TECHNICAL PROGRAM.
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THE ARMY WANTED A VERY
SOPHISTICATED CAPABILITY
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THAT WOULD WORK
IN ALMOST ANY THEATER.
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Narrator:
THE WEAPONS IT CARRIES
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ARE MORE LIKE THOSE FOUND
ON AN AIR FORCE BOMBER
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THAN ON ANY OF
THE ARMY'S HELICOPTERS.
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THE BELLY TURRET INCLUDES
A 30-MILLIMETER AUTOMATIC CANNON
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WITH 360-DEGREE ROTATION.
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ANTI-TANK MISSILES,
OR UNGUIDED ROCKETS,
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ROUND OUT ITS ARSENAL.
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THE CHEYENNE
IS A COMPOUND HELICOPTER,
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MEANING IT HAS ROTOR BLADES
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AS WELL AS WINGS
AND A PUSHER PROPELLER.
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THE ROTORS LIFT IT
LIKE A HELICOPTER.
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THE STUB WINGS
AND PUSHER PROPELLER
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PERMIT IT TO FLY AT AN
INCREDIBLE 240 MILES PER HOUR.
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THE ARMY CLAIMS THE GUNSHIP
CAN FACE DOWN ANY FOE.
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BUT THE AIR FORCE COMPLAINS
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THAT THE CHEYENNE IS FLYING
INTO THEIR TERRITORY.
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Connor: AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947,
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THE AIR FORCE
RESTRICTED THE ARMY
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TO REALLY VERY LIGHT AIRCRAFT.
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IN 1966, WITH THE
JOHNSON-McCONNELL AGREEMENT,
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THE ARMY AGREED TO STAY OUT OF
THE FIXED-WING ATTACK AIRCRAFT
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IN EXCHANGE FOR HAVING
ESSENTIALLY FULL AUTHORITY
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TO DEVELOP THE HELICOPTER
AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON.
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Narrator:
THE $4.5 MILLION CHEYENNE
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NEVER GETS OUT OF THE GATE.
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Connor: AIR FORCE ADVOCATES
LIKE SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER
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DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE
TO KILL THE PROGRAM.
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Narrator: BUT THE ARMY
HAS SEEN INTO THE FUTURE
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AND LIKES WHAT IT SEES.
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AN ATTACK HELICOPTER
IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
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Connor: THE REALITY WAS
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IS THE ARMY REALLY WANTED
AND NEEDED THIS AIRCRAFT,
355
00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:08,886
AND THEY WERE
GOING TO FIGHT FOR IT.
356
00:17:12,065 --> 00:17:13,865
Narrator: LESS THAN THREE WEEKS
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AFTER TOP BRASS
CANCEL THE CHEYENNE,
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THE ARMY GOES BACK
TO THE DRAWING BOARD
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WITH AN EVEN MORE
AMBITIOUS PROGRAM.
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00:17:22,075 --> 00:17:23,185
Connor: WHEN IT FIRST STARTED,
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THE ADVANCED ATTACK
HELICOPTER PROGRAM
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SEEMED SOMETHING LIKE
A PIPE DREAM.
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IT SPECIFIED AN AIRCRAFT
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THAT HAD TO OPERATE
AT NIGHT AND BAD WEATHER,
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00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:34,952
HAD TO HAVE
A PRECISION STRIKE CAPABILITY.
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IT ALSO HAD TO HAVE VERY
SOPHISTICATED DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS.
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Narrator: IN 1976,
THE ARMY AWARDS A CONTRACT
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FOR A NEW
ADVANCED ATTACK HELICOPTER
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TO ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE COMPANIES:
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HUGHES AIRCRAFT.
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Connor: HUGHES REALLY
HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK
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WITH THE APACHE DESIGN
THAT THEY PUT FORWARD.
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Narrator: SEPTEMBER 30, 1983.
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MESA, ARIZONA.
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WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,
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HUGHES AIRCRAFT
ROLLS OUT THE PROTOTYPE
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00:18:09,455 --> 00:18:12,523
FOR THE U.S. ARMY'S
NEW ATTACK HELICOPTER.
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THEY CALL IT THE APACHE.
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Connor: SINCE THE LATE 1950s,
THE ARMY HAS HAD A TRADITION
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OF NAMING ALL
OF ITS HELICOPTER PROGRAMS
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AFTER INDIAN TRIBES.
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THERE'S CHEYENNE,
THERE'S SHAWNEE.
383
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COBRA IS ACTUALLY THE WEIRD ONE.
384
00:18:27,674 --> 00:18:30,441
NOBODY EVER WANTED TO CALL IT
ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
385
00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:32,743
THE HUEY
IS ACTUALLY THE IROQUOIS,
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00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:34,389
ALSO NAMED AFTER
AN INDIAN TRIBE.
387
00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:37,515
HUEY IS A NICKNAME GIVEN
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BECAUSE OF ITS ORIGINAL
DESIGNATION AS HU-1.
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00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:45,489
Narrator: THE APACHE
IS DESIGNED TO KEEP FLYING
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00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:47,291
THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
391
00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,693
ALMOST EVERY ELEMENT
HAS A BACK-UP,
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00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,262
INCLUDING THE CREW.
393
00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:53,342
Harris: YOU'VE GOT TWO
CREW MEMBERS FORWARD AND AFT.
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00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,177
THE FRONT SEAT
IS THE CO-PILOT GUNNER.
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00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:56,834
TYPICALLY THAT CREW MEMBER
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00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:58,102
IS ASSOCIATED WITH
USING THE SENSORS,
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ACTIONING THE WEAPONS,
398
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:01,850
AND TALKING ON ALL THE RADIOS
TO THE SUPPORTED GROUND UNITS.
399
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,308
THIS IS
THE PILOT'S CREW STATION,
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00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:06,110
THE BACK OF THE TWO.
401
00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:08,879
THE PILOT'S PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY DURING A MISSION
402
00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:10,347
IS KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR,
403
00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:13,717
TERRAIN, OTHER AIRCRAFT
THAT YOU'RE OPERATING WITH.
404
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,053
Narrator: THE TWO
GE TURBOSHAFT ENGINES
405
00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:19,590
BOAST ENOUGH POWER
TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT HOME,
406
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,859
EVEN IF ONE OF THEM
IS KNOCKED OUT.
407
00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:23,972
Harris: MOST SYSTEMS
ON THIS AIRCRAFT ARE REDUNDANT,
408
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:25,429
AS IN THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
409
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,464
SO, IF ONE SYSTEM
ON ONE SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT
410
00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:29,177
IS HIT BY A BULLET
FROM THE GROUND
411
00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:30,534
OR TAKES SOME OTHER KIND
OF COMBAT DAMAGE
412
00:19:30,537 --> 00:19:32,102
OR JUST GOES OUT,
413
00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:34,471
YOU SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER
OPPOSITE-LOCATED SYSTEM
414
00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:38,008
IN ORDER TO BACK THAT UP.
415
00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:39,610
Narrator:
THE APACHE IS TOUGH ENOUGH
416
00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:42,413
TO WITHSTAND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
417
00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:43,992
Harris: THE AIRCRAFT
IS EXTREMELY HARDY,
418
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,683
IS EXTREMELY RESISTANT.
419
00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:46,917
I HAVE PERSONAL FRIENDS
420
00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:48,419
THAT HAVE TAKEN
A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE
421
00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:49,753
TO THIS AIRCRAFT,
422
00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,423
CONTINUED THE MISSION,
AND TAKEN IT BACK SAFELY.
423
00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:54,135
Narrator: IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
HEAVILY FORTIFIED
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00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:57,695
AND WELL-ARMED HELICOPTERS
EVER BUILT.
425
00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:59,630
IT'S CONSTRUCTED TO ATTACK...
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00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,765
AND TO WIN.
427
00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:04,702
Connor: ARMY AVIATORS WERE
TRULY AWED BY THE APACHE.
428
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:07,104
IT REPRESENTED A CAPABILITY
429
00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:10,307
THAT MOST OF THEM
HAD ONLY DREAMED OF.
430
00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:12,309
Narrator:
BUT FOUR YEARS AFTER IT DEBUTS,
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00:20:12,312 --> 00:20:16,581
THE ARMY'S DREAMS
TURN TO NIGHTMARES.
432
00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:20,050
AS THE APACHE IS FIELD-TESTED
AT FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA,
433
00:20:20,053 --> 00:20:22,186
IT CRASHES TWICE WITHIN A MONTH.
434
00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:30,728
Winn: IN THE INITIAL FIELDING,
435
00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:34,798
THERE WERE RELIABILITY ISSUES
ON THE AIRPLANE.
436
00:20:34,867 --> 00:20:37,601
AND THERE ACTUALLY WERE
A COUPLE INSTANCES
437
00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:40,704
WHERE THE AIRPLANE
ACTUALLY CRASHED.
438
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:44,041
Narrator: ONE CRASH IS BLAMED
ON AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE;
439
00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:46,710
THE OTHER ON PILOT ERROR.
440
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:49,947
ENGINEERS KNEW THE APACHE
WAS HARD TO BUILD.
441
00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:53,684
NOW THEY DISCOVER
IT'S ALSO HARD TO FLY.
442
00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:54,685
Connor: THIS PROVED TO BE
443
00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:56,887
A MAJOR BLACK EYE
FOR THE APACHE.
444
00:20:56,889 --> 00:21:00,324
MANY SAW THIS AS A VALIDATION
OF THEIR CRITICISM OF THE ARMY
445
00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:02,760
AND SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
446
00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,563
TO PUSH BACK AGAINST
USING THE APACHE.
447
00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:07,476
Narrator:
THE ARMY PROMISES ITS CRITICS
448
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,234
THAT THE TWO ACCIDENTS
ARE FREAK OCCURRENCES
449
00:21:10,236 --> 00:21:12,836
AND THAT THE SHIP
IS SAFE TO FLY.
450
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,638
BUT LESS THAN A MONTH LATER,
451
00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:19,810
THE APACHE'S REPUTATION
GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE.
452
00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,420
AUGUST 1987.
453
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:32,222
FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA.
454
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:36,794
A BRAND-NEW APACHE HOVERS
IN A ROUTINE TRAINING PRACTICE.
455
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,929
200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND,
456
00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,464
IT SUDDENLY DROPS.
457
00:21:44,537 --> 00:21:46,870
THE GUNSHIP HITS THE GROUND.
458
00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:50,374
THE GUNNER SUSTAINS
MAJOR INJURIES.
459
00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:53,077
THE PILOT IS KILLED.
460
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,546
IT'S THE APACHE'S
THIRD MAJOR ACCIDENT
461
00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:58,515
IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS,
462
00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:01,552
AND THE FIRST FATAL CRASH.
463
00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:03,454
THIS TIME, THE REPERCUSSIONS
464
00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:06,357
REACH ALL THE WAY
TO THE PENTAGON.
465
00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:09,893
WITHIN A WEEK, MILITARY LEADERS
GROUND THE ENTIRE FLEET
466
00:22:09,896 --> 00:22:13,230
OF 264 APACHES.
467
00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:16,567
THEY'RE DEFEATED EVEN BEFORE
THEY'VE SEEN COMBAT.
468
00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,035
Connor: ANY NEW AIRCRAFT,
469
00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,704
PARTICULARLY A COMPLEX MILITARY
AIRCRAFT LIKE THE APACHE,
470
00:22:20,707 --> 00:22:22,973
IS GOING TO HAVE
ITS UPS AND DOWNS,
471
00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:25,287
AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT WERE
EXPERIENCED AT FORT RUCKER
472
00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:29,913
WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF REALLY
ANY NEW COMPLEX SYSTEM.
473
00:22:29,916 --> 00:22:31,493
Narrator:
AN INVESTIGATION REVEALS
474
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:34,185
THAT THE $11.5-MILLION MACHINE
475
00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:38,255
WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY A DEFECTIVE
BEARING IN THE TAIL ROTOR.
476
00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:41,125
Winn: THE ARMY FORMED THE AAT,
477
00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:43,460
THE APACHE ACTION TEAM.
478
00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:46,029
SO THE TEAM WOULD MEET
REGULARLY, WORK TOGETHER,
479
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,399
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS
480
00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:51,135
AND COMING UP WITH RAPID FIXES
AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE
481
00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:52,936
TO ELIMINATE THEM.
482
00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:54,783
Narrator:
WITHIN JUST A FEW MONTHS,
483
00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:58,709
SAFETY OFFICIALS CLEAR THE
GUNSHIPS TO RESUME OPERATION.
484
00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:01,545
BUT THE BAD TASTE LINGERS.
485
00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:04,848
Connor: ANYTHING THAT WAS SEEN
AS A HIGH-COST BUDGET ITEM
486
00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:08,085
THAT DIDN'T WORK
EXACTLY AS ADVERTISED
487
00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:11,622
WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
DEEMED AT RISK.
488
00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:15,159
THERE WAS A HUGE PUBLIC OUTCRY
THAT THE MACHINE ISN'T SAFE,
489
00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:18,829
THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
ANYWHERE AS CAPABLE
490
00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:20,564
AS WAS ADVERTISED.
491
00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:26,477
Narrator: WITH THE CHOPPER'S
REPUTATION AT STAKE,
492
00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:31,041
THERE'S MORE PRESSURE THAN EVER
ON THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FLY IT.
493
00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:35,979
ASPIRING PILOTS HAVE TO LEARN
THE GUNSHIP INSIDE AND OUT.
494
00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:39,583
Connor: THE APACHE, BECAUSE
IT WAS SUCH A COMPLEX SYSTEM,
495
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:42,085
MUCH MORE SO
THAN ANY PREVIOUS HELICOPTER
496
00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,388
THE ARMY HAD EVER OPERATED,
497
00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:48,192
IT HAD A LOT OF LESSONS
THAT HAD TO BE LEARNED.
498
00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:51,028
Narrator: APACHE PILOTS
MUST SPEND HUNDREDS OF HOURS
499
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,431
SIMULATING WORST-CASE SCENARIOS.
500
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,368
AVOIDING
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES...
501
00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,270
LOSING A TAIL ROTOR MID-AIR...
502
00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,239
LANDING WITH ONE ENGINE...
503
00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:04,074
IT'S ALL COVERED.
504
00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,609
James Altaffer: YOU WANT
TO BE ABLE TO REACT
505
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:07,878
WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
506
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,514
IT BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT
DURING EMERGENCIES
507
00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:13,150
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
AS MUCH LEEWAY
508
00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,338
TO DO THE THINGS
THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO.
509
00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:16,931
Narrator:
THE LEARNING CURVE IS STEEP.
510
00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:20,023
IT'S INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
511
00:24:20,026 --> 00:24:22,026
Inbody:
DAY ONE YOU'RE IN THAT THING,
512
00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:23,427
IT'S PRETTY INTENSE.
513
00:24:23,495 --> 00:24:25,896
IT TRULY IS
DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE,
514
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,765
AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO
KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER.
515
00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:32,169
Narrator: THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT THE JOB,
516
00:24:32,238 --> 00:24:36,040
BUT NOT ALL OF THE PILOTS WHO
START THE PROGRAM MAKE THE CUT.
517
00:24:36,108 --> 00:24:39,776
THOSE THAT DO BECOME PART
OF THE ARMY'S ELITE.
518
00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:41,378
Harris: IT TAKES
AN EXTREMELY EXCEPTIONAL,
519
00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:43,291
EXTREMELY TALENTED,
EXTREMELY DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL
520
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,382
TO HANDLE THAT STRESS LOAD.
521
00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:48,252
IT REQUIRES PHENOMENAL
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
522
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,121
BECAUSE YOU'RE CONTROLLING
AN 8-TON OBJECT
523
00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,300
IN THREE DIMENSIONS OF MOVEMENT,
524
00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:53,668
AT NIGHT,
WITH PEOPLE SHOOTING AT YOU.
525
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:55,537
YOU'RE TALKING TO
FIVE DIFFERENT RADIOS,
526
00:24:55,561 --> 00:24:58,295
AND MAYBE YOU'RE SHOOTING BACK
AT SOMEBODY.
527
00:24:58,363 --> 00:25:01,064
Narrator:
APACHE PILOTS TRAIN HARD.
528
00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:03,934
AND FINALLY,
SOME OF THEM GET THE CHANCE
529
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:07,171
TO TEST THEIR SKILLS IN COMBAT.
530
00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:15,946
1989. PANAMA.
531
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:22,019
GENERAL MANUEL NORIEGA IS LOSING
HIS GRIP AS THE COUNTRY'S RULER.
532
00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,454
SIX YEARS
OF A RUTHLESS DICTATORSHIP
533
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,124
HAS TURNED HIS OWN PEOPLE
AGAINST HIM,
534
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,492
AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT,
535
00:25:28,494 --> 00:25:30,994
WHO FIRST HELPED
PUT HIM IN POWER.
536
00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:34,097
George Schultz:
HE SHOULD LEAVE PANAMA.
537
00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:38,502
AND WE WANT TO SEE A RETURN
TO CIVILIAN DEMOCRATIC RULE.
538
00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:39,937
Narrator: IN OCTOBER,
539
00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:43,574
SOME OF NORIEGA'S OWN GENERALS
TRY TO OVERTHROW HIM.
540
00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:46,310
THEY FAIL.
541
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:49,146
NORIEGA ACCUSES
THE UNITED STATES
542
00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,114
OF PROVOKING THE COUP,
543
00:25:51,183 --> 00:25:54,451
AND ON DECEMBER 15th,
HE DECLARES A STATE OF WAR.
544
00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:59,056
[NORIEGA SPEAKING SPANISH]
545
00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:03,193
Narrator: THE U.S. IMMEDIATELY
AUTHORIZES AN INVASION.
546
00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:05,529
President Bush:
WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED
547
00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:07,331
BY THE BULLYING TACTICS,
548
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,466
BRUTAL THOUGH THEY MAY BE,
549
00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:12,669
OF THE DICTATOR NORIEGA.
550
00:26:12,672 --> 00:26:14,738
Narrator:
IT'S THE U.S. ARMY'S FIRST WAR
551
00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:17,875
SINCE THEY GOT THE APACHE.
552
00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:21,144
THEY CALL IT
"OPERATION JUST CAUSE."
553
00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:23,580
Winn: IT WAS GOING TO BE
GROUND FORCES GOING IN.
554
00:26:23,649 --> 00:26:29,486
AND SO THEY WANTED TO BRING
AIR POWER IN TO SUPPORT THEM.
555
00:26:29,555 --> 00:26:33,223
THE APACHE WAS THEIR MOST
ADVANCED, MOST CAPABLE
556
00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:35,359
ATTACK HELICOPTER.
557
00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:38,295
AND THIS WAS THEIR FIRST CHANCE
TO SEE IT IN OPERATION.
558
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,134
Narrator: THE ARMY USUALLY
ROLLS OUT ITS NEW TOYS
559
00:26:44,202 --> 00:26:46,170
WITH A LOT OF FANFARE.
560
00:26:46,238 --> 00:26:48,572
THIS TIME, IT DOESN'T.
561
00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:51,108
THE PENTAGON
ONLY INFORMS ONE GROUP
562
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:53,644
ABOUT THE APACHE'S
IMPENDING DEBUT:
563
00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:54,845
THE TROOPS.
564
00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:57,114
Connor: BY SENDING
THE APACHES TO PANAMA,
565
00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:59,983
THE ARMY SAID TO THE TROOPS
ON THE GROUND THERE
566
00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:01,618
THAT WE'RE BEHIND YOU 100%,
567
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:03,832
WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUR LATEST,
GREATEST WEAPON SYSTEM
568
00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:06,724
TO SUPPORT YOU
IN THIS OPERATION.
569
00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:09,092
Narrator:
THE GUNSHIP'S GO-TO WEAPON?
570
00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:11,662
THE HELLFIRE.
571
00:27:11,664 --> 00:27:14,464
IT'S THE MOST POTENT
HELICOPTER-LAUNCHED MISSILE
572
00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:17,267
THE ARMY'S EVER HAD.
573
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:22,472
Winn: THE APACHE COULD CARRY
16 HELLFIRE MISSILES.
574
00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:26,410
SO, FUNDAMENTALLY,
YOU CAN TAKE OUT 16 THREATS.
575
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,322
Narrator: FOR AN ARMY
THAT PRIDES ITSELF
576
00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:29,813
ON PRECISION WARFARE,
577
00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:32,749
THE HELLFIRE
IS THE PERFECT KILLING TOOL.
578
00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:36,120
Connor: THE HELLFIRE IS
THE APACHE'S ULTIMATE ACCESSORY.
579
00:27:38,624 --> 00:27:43,293
A LOT OF TIMES
THE TARGETS TODAY ARE INSURGENTS
580
00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:46,764
THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO NON-COMBATANTS.
581
00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:49,566
THE HELLFIRE GIVES APACHE CREWS
582
00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:52,969
THE ABILITY
TO SINGLE OUT THE ENEMY
583
00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:59,276
WHILE ALSO NOT HARMING INNOCENT
CIVILIANS THAT ARE NEARBY.
584
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:00,655
Narrator:
THE DENSE URBAN LANDSCAPE
585
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:02,479
OF OPERATION JUST CAUSE
586
00:28:02,547 --> 00:28:06,750
OFFERS THE HELLFIRE
THE PERFECT TEST.
587
00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:09,586
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
588
00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:12,122
WHEN SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND
COME UNDER FIRE,
589
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:13,857
THEY CALL THE APACHE,
590
00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:15,192
TELLING THE GUNSHIP'S PILOT
591
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:18,796
WHERE THEY THINK THE FIRE
IS COMING FROM.
592
00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:23,066
FLYING ABOVE,
THE APACHE GETS THE INFORMATION.
593
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,535
ITS GUNNER
USES HIS THERMAL VISION
594
00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:27,604
TO VERIFY THE INTEL.
595
00:28:27,673 --> 00:28:29,740
ONCE HE VERIFIES THE TARGET,
596
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:33,343
HE DESIGNATES THE TARGET
WITH A LASER.
597
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:36,513
THE LASER SENDS BACK
A CODED SIGNAL,
598
00:28:36,581 --> 00:28:40,551
GIVING THE MISSILE THE EXACT
COORDINATES OF ITS TARGET.
599
00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:44,421
ONCE THE LASER LOCKS IN,
IT'S ALL OVER.
600
00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:48,258
[EXPLOSIONS]
601
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:52,162
Winn: A HELLFIRE MISSILE
IS A LASER-GUIDED MISSILE.
602
00:28:52,164 --> 00:28:55,832
SO THE HELLFIRE
WILL GO TO THAT PINPOINT,
603
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,302
AND THAT IS THE ONLY DAMAGE
THAT OCCURS.
604
00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:02,139
Narrator: UNPARALLELED
PRECISION STRIKE CAPABILITY.
605
00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:03,240
FOR THE ARMY,
606
00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:06,176
IT'S A LONG-AWAITED DREAM
COME TRUE.
607
00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:09,379
Connor: THE ABILITY
TO SEE TARGETS A LONG WAY OFF,
608
00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:10,781
SELECT THEM,
609
00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:13,094
AND THEN HIT THEM WITH
A PRECISION STRIKE CAPABILITY
610
00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:14,718
LIKE THE HELLFIRE
611
00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:15,786
HAS MADE THE APACHE
612
00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:17,668
A DEVASTATING
BATTLEFIELD WEAPON.
613
00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:21,836
Reporter: AMERICAN TROOPS
WENT INTO ACTION
614
00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:23,493
AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
615
00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:27,364
AND THERE WAS FIERCE FIGHTING
IN AND AROUND PANAMA CITY.
616
00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:29,499
Narrator:
THE SIX APACHES IN PANAMA
617
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:33,236
RACK UP 240 COMBAT HOURS.
618
00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:36,606
THE GUNSHIPS DEFEND
26,000 SOLDIERS.
619
00:29:36,609 --> 00:29:37,874
THEY PULL THEIR WEIGHT
620
00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:40,811
IN SOME OF THE CONFLICT'S
HEAVIEST FIGHTING.
621
00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:44,014
NORIEGA'S TROOPS
FIGHT WITH ALL THEY HAVE...
622
00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:46,884
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES,
MACHINE-GUN FIRE...
623
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:49,920
BUT THE APACHE HAS A THICK SKIN.
624
00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:52,489
Connor: THE APACHES RECEIVED
THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE
625
00:29:52,558 --> 00:29:53,957
IN PANAMA, LITERALLY.
626
00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:55,625
SEVERAL APACHES WERE HIT,
627
00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:58,995
MANY WERE HIT
OVER A DOZEN TIMES,
628
00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:01,175
AND THESE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY
MADE IT BACK TO BASE
629
00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:03,033
WITHOUT LOSS.
630
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:05,435
Narrator:
THE ARMY'S GAMBLE PAYS OFF.
631
00:30:05,437 --> 00:30:07,397
THE DEBUT
OF THEIR ATTACK HELICOPTER
632
00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:09,673
AND ITS POWERFUL
NEW HELLFIRE MISSILE
633
00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:10,974
IS IMPRESSIVE.
634
00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,687
Connor: THE COMMANDERS
ON THE GROUND IN PANAMA
635
00:30:12,711 --> 00:30:14,488
WERE VERY EXCITED
TO HAVE THE APACHE.
636
00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:17,914
THEY WERE THRILLED WITH
THE RESULTS THAT THEY ACHIEVED.
637
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:21,185
Narrator: THE ARMY BRAGS ABOUT
THE APACHE'S PERFORMANCE.
638
00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,787
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE
TO THE STORY.
639
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:25,900
Connor: THERE WERE PEOPLE
WHO SAID, YOU KNOW,
640
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,769
THIS WAS JUST
KIND OF SHOWING OFF,
641
00:30:27,793 --> 00:30:30,527
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND
OF THROWING SOMETHING IN THERE
642
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,307
FOR THE SAKE OF SAYING,
YOU KNOW,
643
00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,465
IT'S SEEING ACTION
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
644
00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:38,935
Narrator: CONGRESS FOCUSES ON
THE SUPER HUMAN EFFORT IT TAKES
645
00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:41,171
TO KEEP THE GUNSHIPS FLYING.
646
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:43,251
Reporter: CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATORS ARE RECOMMENDING
647
00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:47,444
THAT THE ARMY SCRAP ITS PLANS
TO BUY 132 HELICOPTERS.
648
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,247
DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF LAST
DECEMBER'S INVASION OF PANAMA,
649
00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:52,235
THE APACHES
DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL.
650
00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:54,262
Narrator:
AFTER ONLY ONE DAY OF FIGHTING,
651
00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:59,756
BROKEN PARTS SIDELINE FOUR OF
THE SIX APACHES SENT FOR COMBAT.
652
00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:02,693
Winn: THE AIRPLANE DID EXHIBIT
SOME OF THESE RELIABILITY ISSUES
653
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:04,606
THAT THE OPERATORS
AND THE MAINTAINERS
654
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:06,162
HAD TO OVERCOME.
655
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,765
THEY DID, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T
HAVE HAD TO OVERCOME THOSE.
656
00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:10,300
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
657
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:13,637
Narrator: ARMY MAINTAINERS
DISCOVER THAT RAIN AND MOISTURE
658
00:31:13,639 --> 00:31:15,772
ARE THE MACHINE'S
ACHILLES' HEEL.
659
00:31:15,841 --> 00:31:17,874
Winn: THIS WAS
A NEW ENVIRONMENT.
660
00:31:17,943 --> 00:31:19,109
VERY WET,
661
00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:20,622
RAINING ALL THE TIME
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
662
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,178
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN
663
00:31:22,181 --> 00:31:24,247
IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT,
664
00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,327
AND WE FOUND OUT
IT LEAKED A LITTLE BIT
665
00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:28,285
AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
666
00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:31,488
BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE THINGS
YOU KIND OF DISCOVERED.
667
00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:32,867
Narrator:
SPARE PARTS FOR THE MACHINE
668
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,191
ARE HARD TO COME BY.
669
00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,860
TO REPAIR WOUNDED CHOPPERS,
670
00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:41,097
THE ARMY STEALS PARTS FROM
APACHES ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE.
671
00:31:41,166 --> 00:31:43,366
Connor: ONE KEY DISADVANTAGE
OF THE APACHE
672
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:46,336
IS THAT IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT
AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN.
673
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:47,537
IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
674
00:31:47,539 --> 00:31:50,173
YOU NEED SPECIAL TOOLS,
YOU NEED SPECIAL PARTS.
675
00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:53,009
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE
CHEWING GUM AND DUCT TAPE
676
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:54,844
TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT GOING.
677
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:57,280
Narrator: A REPORT FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE
678
00:31:57,283 --> 00:32:00,083
CALLS THE APACHE
TOO LABOR-INTENSIVE
679
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,918
AND TOO COMPLICATED TO FLY.
680
00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:03,664
Reporter: A NEWLY RELEASED
CONGRESSIONAL REPORT
681
00:32:03,688 --> 00:32:06,489
SAYS THE APACHE HELICOPTER
MAY BE USELESS
682
00:32:06,492 --> 00:32:08,202
BECAUSE IT NEEDS
TOO MUCH MAINTENANCE.
683
00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:09,337
Narrator: CONGRESS RECOMMENDS
684
00:32:09,361 --> 00:32:12,896
THAT THE ARMY
STOP PRODUCTION IMMEDIATELY.
685
00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:15,042
JUST WHEN IT THOUGHT
IT WAS OUT OF THE WOODS,
686
00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:19,703
THE APACHE FINDS ITSELF HAVING
TO PROVE ITSELF YET AGAIN.
687
00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:21,938
BEFORE CONGRESS
CAN SHUT PRODUCTION DOWN,
688
00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:25,141
WAR INTERVENES AGAIN.
689
00:32:25,210 --> 00:32:26,777
BUT THIS TIME THE APACHE
690
00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:30,080
HAS TO FACE SOMETHING ELSE
IT WASN'T DESIGNED FOR...
691
00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:32,449
NOT WATER AND HUMIDITY,
692
00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:33,550
BUT SAND.
693
00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:42,526
AUGUST 1990.
694
00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,728
IRAQI DICTATOR SADDAM HUSSEIN
695
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:48,265
SENDS HIS ARMY
INTO NEIGHBORING KUWAIT.
696
00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:51,468
ITS OIL FIELDS
ARE RICH FOR THE TAKING.
697
00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:57,273
AND HUSSEIN MAY HAVE HIS EYE
ON SAUDI OIL, TOO.
698
00:32:57,342 --> 00:33:01,277
SAUDI ARABIA
QUICKLY GATHERS ITS ALLIES.
699
00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:03,413
THE 39-NATION COALITION
700
00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:06,683
IS THE LARGEST
SINCE WORLD WAR II.
701
00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:09,452
THEY VOW TO BRING HUSSEIN
TO HIS KNEES.
702
00:33:09,521 --> 00:33:11,481
President Bush:
WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT,
703
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:13,890
OR FACE A COALITION
704
00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:18,695
READY AND WILLING TO EMPLOY
ALL MEANS NECESSARY.
705
00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:21,164
Narrator: THE PLAN
IS TO BEGIN AN AIR WAR
706
00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:24,968
USING HIGH-FLYING AIRPLANES
AND CRUISE MISSILES.
707
00:33:25,037 --> 00:33:26,770
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
708
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:30,707
Richard Cody: EARLY ON IT WAS
DISCOVERED FOR THE AIR CAMPAIGN
709
00:33:30,776 --> 00:33:33,510
THAT THERE WERE
SEVERAL RADAR SITES
710
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:36,513
WITH THE EARLY WARNING RADAR
TO PROTECT BAGHDAD.
711
00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:37,781
Narrator:
GENERAL RICHARD A. CODY
712
00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:42,452
WAS VICE CHIEF OF STAFF
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
713
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:46,990
HE COMMANDED THE 101st AIRBORNE
DIVISION OF APACHE HELICOPTERS
714
00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:49,393
IN OPERATION DESERT STORM.
715
00:33:49,461 --> 00:33:51,439
Richard Cody:
THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GUYS
716
00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:53,774
CAME UP AND SAID, "YOU KNOW,
THERE'S THREE RADAR SITES.
717
00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:55,465
IF WE CAN TAKE THEM OUT,
718
00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:59,335
THAT'LL GIVE US AN EDGE
TO START THE AIR CAMPAIGN."
719
00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:02,705
THEY WANTED TO CREATE
A CORRIDOR, IF YOU WILL,
720
00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:06,543
SO, THE F17s AND THE F16s
AND F15s AND TORNADOS
721
00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:08,489
AND ALL THE OTHER
COALITION AIRCRAFT
722
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,213
COULD FLY THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR.
723
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,882
Narrator: BAGHDAD IS ONE OF
THE MOST HEAVILY DEFENDED CITIES
724
00:34:12,885 --> 00:34:14,751
IN THE WORLD.
725
00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:18,188
CLEARING ITS SKIES
IS A FORMIDABLE TASK.
726
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:19,956
TO REACH THE RADAR SITE,
727
00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:21,791
THE APACHES WILL HAVE TO AVOID
728
00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:24,194
IRAQ'S HIGH-TECH
ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONRY
729
00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:26,496
FOR 200 DANGEROUS MILES.
730
00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:28,498
Cody:
I DON'T THINK WE FELT SAFE.
731
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,634
WHAT HAPPENS IF, YOU KNOW,
732
00:34:30,702 --> 00:34:33,970
SOMEBODY TAKES A SHOT
AT ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT?
733
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:36,773
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE FLYING
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S COUNTRY.
734
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:38,108
Narrator:
TAKING OUT THE RADAR SITES
735
00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:39,642
WON'T BE EASY.
736
00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:42,245
BUT IF THE APACHE CAN'T DO IT,
NOTHING CAN.
737
00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:46,360
Cody: THE APACHE
WAS THE ONLY ONE
738
00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:48,785
THAT HAD
THE PRECISION FIREPOWER,
739
00:34:48,854 --> 00:34:51,287
THE DURABILITY
IN TERMS OF SURVIVABILITY
740
00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:53,690
TO GET IN THERE AND DO THIS JOB.
741
00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:55,325
Narrator:
ARMY BRASS ARE NERVOUS.
742
00:34:55,327 --> 00:34:58,061
THEY KNOW THE APACHE
COULD HAVE CHALLENGES
743
00:34:58,129 --> 00:34:59,963
IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT.
744
00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:03,600
Cody: HELICOPTERS
AND TURBINE ENGINES HATE SAND.
745
00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,735
JET ENGINES HAVE COMPRESSORS,
746
00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:08,738
AND AS SAND GETS INGESTED
INTO IT, IT ERODES
747
00:35:08,806 --> 00:35:13,143
AND IT STARTS TAKING AWAY
FROM THE POWER AND CAPABILITY.
748
00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:15,256
Narrator:
CODY AND THE OTHER APACHE PILOTS
749
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,258
KNOW THEY'RE NOT ONLY
FIGHTING THE ENEMY,
750
00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:21,017
BUT FIGHTING FOR THE REPUTATION
OF THEIR AIRCRAFT.
751
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,854
A MISHAP HERE
COULD END THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
752
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,760
JANUARY 17, 1991.
753
00:35:30,828 --> 00:35:32,162
MIDNIGHT.
754
00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:35,165
AL JOUF AIR FORCE BASE
IN SAUDI ARABIA.
755
00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:38,368
EIGHT APACHES FROM
THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
756
00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:42,138
PREPARE FOR
THE 200-MILE FLIGHT INTO IRAQ.
757
00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:45,241
EACH ONE OF THEM
IS ARMED TO THE TEETH.
758
00:35:45,244 --> 00:35:48,845
Cody: EACH APACHE HAD EIGHT
HELLFIRE ON ITS OUTBOARD WINGS.
759
00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:50,834
AND THEN WE HAD
19 SHOTS OF ROCKET.
760
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:52,315
AND I THINK ALL OF US CARRIED
761
00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:54,451
ABOUT 600 OR 700 ROUNDS
OF 30-MILLIMETER.
762
00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,853
SO WE WERE PRETTY WELL-ARMED.
763
00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:58,866
Narrator:
EVEN FOR THE POWERFUL APACHE,
764
00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:01,658
IT'S A VERY HEAVY LOAD.
765
00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:05,128
Cody: WE ROLLED OFF THE TARMAC
AT OVER 19,000 POUNDS,
766
00:36:05,197 --> 00:36:07,797
AND THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT
FOR THE AIRCRAFT AT THAT TIME,
767
00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:12,602
FOR COMBAT,
WAS ABOUT 17,800 POUNDS.
768
00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:18,007
SO, YOU HAD QUITE
AN AIRCRAFT TO MANAGE.
769
00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:20,610
Narrator: IN THIS MISSION,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER,
770
00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,345
TIMING IS EVERYTHING.
771
00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:24,258
Cody: WE HAD TO TAKE OUT
THE RADAR SITES
772
00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:26,483
AT 2:38 IN THE MORNING,
773
00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,019
SO ALL THE AIRCRAFT
COULD FLY THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR.
774
00:36:29,087 --> 00:36:32,222
Narrator: THE APACHES TAKE OFF
AND SPEED ACROSS THE DESERT,
775
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:34,891
CRUISING JUST 50 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND
776
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,227
TO AVOID RADAR DETECTION.
777
00:36:37,295 --> 00:36:40,363
THERE'S A TOTAL BLACKOUT
ON NAVIGATION LIGHTS.
778
00:36:40,432 --> 00:36:42,766
TOTAL RADIO SILENCE.
779
00:36:42,834 --> 00:36:45,101
IF HUSSEIN'S RADAR DETECTS THEM,
780
00:36:45,169 --> 00:36:47,103
THEY RISK BEING SHOT DOWN
781
00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:49,505
BY THE VERY TARGET
THEY'VE COME TO KILL.
782
00:36:49,574 --> 00:36:52,642
THE APACHES ARE ALL TOO AWARE
OF THE DANGER.
783
00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:53,977
Cody: THE ESTIMATES WERE
784
00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:56,779
WE'D PROBABLY GET ONE OR TWO
AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN.
785
00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:59,449
BASICALLY,
YOU'RE FLYING A HELICOPTER
786
00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:04,254
AGAINST A SYSTEM DESIGNED
TO SHOOT DOWN AIRCRAFT.
787
00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:06,322
Narrator: IT TAKES
JUST OVER TWO HOURS
788
00:37:06,391 --> 00:37:09,192
FOR THE APACHES
TO REACH THE RADAR TOWERS.
789
00:37:09,261 --> 00:37:10,994
WHEN THEY'RE FIVE MILES AWAY,
790
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:15,131
THEY HOVER FOR A MOMENT,
SURVEYING THEIR TARGET.
791
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:18,334
THIS IS ACTUAL FOOTAGE
FROM GENERAL CODY'S MISSION...
792
00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:21,838
THE VERY FIRST APACHE STRIKES
OF DESERT STORM.
793
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,450
Cody: WHEN WE
PULLED THE TRIGGER,
794
00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:25,575
ALL FOUR AIRCRAFT
SHOT AT THE SAME TIME.
795
00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:29,712
[FIRING]
796
00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:32,815
YOU'VE GOT
4 TO 6 HELLFIRES EN ROUTE.
797
00:37:32,818 --> 00:37:35,952
THE TIME OF FLIGHT
IS ABOUT 12 SECONDS.
798
00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:38,822
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY START HITTING.
799
00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:40,156
AND WHEN THEY START HITTING,
800
00:37:40,225 --> 00:37:42,025
THINGS START EXPLODING
PRETTY QUICKLY,
801
00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:43,360
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HIT
802
00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:47,830
WHERE THE GENERATORS
AND ALL THE FUEL WAS.
803
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:51,968
[RADIO CHATTER]
804
00:37:52,036 --> 00:37:53,836
AT ABOUT 4 KILOMETERS,
805
00:37:53,905 --> 00:37:55,772
WE STARTED OPENING UP
WITH THE ROCKETS
806
00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,173
THAT HAD THE FLECHETTE ROUNDS.
807
00:37:57,241 --> 00:38:00,443
AND THAT WAS TO TAKE OUT
THE AIR DEFENSE GUNS
808
00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:03,179
THAT WERE OUT IN FRONT.
809
00:38:03,247 --> 00:38:05,081
AND THEN, AS WE GOT CLOSER,
810
00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:06,627
WE'D OPEN UP
IN THE 30-MILLIMETER
811
00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:08,718
AND FINISH OFF THE JOB.
812
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:12,121
[GUNFIRE]
813
00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:14,424
Narrator:
IT'S FOUR MINUTES OF MAYHEM
814
00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:17,360
WITH 100% DESTRUCTION.
815
00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:19,996
Cody: WE PUT IN EXCESS
OF ABOUT 40 HELLFIRE MISSILES
816
00:38:20,064 --> 00:38:21,264
ON THE TARGET,
817
00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:23,599
A COUPLE HUNDRED
FLECHETTE ROCKETS,
818
00:38:23,668 --> 00:38:25,368
AND A LOT OF 30-MILLIMETER,
819
00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,604
AND THEN BROKE
AND FLEW LOW LEVEL BACK.
820
00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:32,475
Narrator:
DESTROYING THE RADAR TOWERS
821
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:36,746
OPENS UP A PIECE OF THE SKY
20 MILES WIDE.
822
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,793
Cody: ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
INTO THE FLIGHT BACK,
823
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,751
WE COULD SEE THE JETS COMING IN
RIGHT OVER OUR HEAD.
824
00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:45,488
AND THAT'S HOW
THE AIR WAR STARTED.
825
00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:47,824
Narrator:
OVER 900 COALITION AIRCRAFT
826
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:49,892
MAKE THEIR WAY INTO BAGHDAD.
827
00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,427
SAFE PASSAGE,
828
00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:53,763
COURTESY OF THE APACHE.
829
00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:56,499
Cody: NO AIRCRAFT GOT SHOT DOWN
THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR,
830
00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:58,902
OR INTO BAGHDAD THAT NIGHT.
831
00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:01,438
Narrator: THE APACHES DESTROY
HUNDREDS OF TANKS,
832
00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:04,707
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS,
AND OTHER VEHICLES.
833
00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:10,079
TOGETHER, 277 APACHES
LOG THOUSANDS OF COMBAT HOURS,
834
00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:13,049
SUCCESSFULLY WITHSTANDING
SMALL ARMS FIRE
835
00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,784
WITH JUST ONE INCIDENT.
836
00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:16,085
Cody: WE HAD ONE AIRCRAFT
837
00:39:16,154 --> 00:39:18,354
TAKE FIVE BULLET HOLES
THROUGH HIS ROTOR BLADES.
838
00:39:18,423 --> 00:39:20,390
AND HE WAS ABLE
TO FLY THAT AIRCRAFT
839
00:39:20,392 --> 00:39:23,659
ALL THE WAY BACK
TO SAUDI ARABIA.
840
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,561
THAT SPEAKS TO THE DURABILITY
841
00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:27,997
AND THE SURVIVABILITY
OF THAT AIRCRAFT.
842
00:39:27,999 --> 00:39:29,399
Narrator: THE SAND
843
00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:31,712
THAT THE ARMY FEARED WOULD HURT
THE APACHE'S PERFORMANCE
844
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,470
PROVES TO BE A NON-ISSUE.
845
00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:36,672
Cody: IT PROVED TO EVERYBODY
THAT IT IS A GREAT HELICOPTER.
846
00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:39,208
IT'S STILL THE BEST ATTACK
HELICOPTER IN THE WORLD,
847
00:39:39,211 --> 00:39:41,677
BAR NONE.
848
00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:45,548
Narrator: THE SIGHT OF AN APACHE
BEARING DOWN IS SO TERRIFYING
849
00:39:45,616 --> 00:39:48,551
THAT IRAQI SOLDIERS
CREATE A NAME FOR IT:
850
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,820
"THE BLACK DEATH."
851
00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:55,024
Norman Schwarzkopf: TEN HOURS
INTO THIS GROUND OFFENSIVE,
852
00:39:55,092 --> 00:40:00,563
MORE THAN 5,500 PRISONERS
HAVE BEEN CAPTURED.
853
00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:02,699
AND WE'VE RECEIVED REPORTS
854
00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:05,635
OF MANY HUNDREDS MORE
NORTH OF OUR POSITION
855
00:40:05,703 --> 00:40:07,103
WITH WHITE SURRENDER FLAGS.
856
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:14,310
Narrator: ITS MASTERFUL
PERFORMANCE IN DESERT STORM
857
00:40:14,379 --> 00:40:17,514
MAKES THE APACHE
APPEAR INVINCIBLE.
858
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:20,716
BUT THEIR NEXT CONFLICT
PROVES THAT THE APACHE
859
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,420
IS ONLY AS GOOD
AS ITS SUPPORT SYSTEM.
860
00:40:25,289 --> 00:40:29,125
APRIL 1999.
861
00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:31,528
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
SIGNS AN ORDER
862
00:40:31,596 --> 00:40:36,065
SENDING 24 APACHES
TO A REMOTE AIRBASE IN ALBANIA.
863
00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:39,101
President Clinton: I HAVE
ORDERED OUR AIRCRAFT TO BE READY
864
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:42,605
TO ACT AS PART
OF THE NATO OPERATION.
865
00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:45,741
Narrator: THEY'RE TASKED
WITH AN URGENT MISSION:
866
00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:49,011
TO STOP YUGOSLAV LEADER
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC'S
867
00:40:49,014 --> 00:40:53,016
MURDEROUS ETHNIC CLEANSING
CAMPAIGN IN NEIGHBORING KOSOVO.
868
00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:56,486
Cody: TASK FORCE HAWK
869
00:40:56,488 --> 00:40:59,556
WAS TO SET UP THE ABILITY
FOR THE APACHES TO GO IN
870
00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:02,458
AND START TAKING ON
MILOSEVIC'S FORCES
871
00:41:02,527 --> 00:41:03,704
WITHOUT PUTTING
BOOTS ON THE GROUND,
872
00:41:03,728 --> 00:41:06,762
BUT GETTING IN CLOSE
WITH APACHES.
873
00:41:06,765 --> 00:41:10,566
Narrator: THE ARMY CLAIMS THAT
THE BIRDS ARE COMBAT-READY.
874
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:15,038
Wesley Clark: THE APACHES WILL
BE COMING HERE VERY SHORTLY.
875
00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:16,339
Narrator: A MONTH LATER,
876
00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:19,709
MILOSEVIC'S TROOPS
ARE STILL ON A RAMPAGE,
877
00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:24,747
AND THE APACHES
STILL HAVEN'T ARRIVED.
878
00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:26,749
WHILE WAR RAGES IN SERBIA,
879
00:41:26,817 --> 00:41:29,285
THE APACHES WAIT
ON AN ITALIAN AIRBASE
880
00:41:29,353 --> 00:41:31,988
500 MILES AWAY.
881
00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:35,391
THE DECISION TO SEND THEM
TO KOSOVO IS EASY;
882
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:39,062
ACTUALLY GETTING THEM THERE
IS NOT.
883
00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:40,807
Connor: THEY NOT ONLY
HAD TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT,
884
00:41:40,831 --> 00:41:42,398
BUT THEY HAD TO MOVE
885
00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:45,868
THIS VERY COMPLEX LOGISTICAL
SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH IT.
886
00:41:45,871 --> 00:41:47,648
Narrator:
WHEREVER THE APACHE GOES,
887
00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:51,173
26,000 TONS OF EQUIPMENT
AND DOZENS OF MAINTAINERS
888
00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:52,742
MUST FOLLOW.
889
00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:55,578
Cody: YOU GOT THE MAINTENANCE
THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING IN,
890
00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:58,080
YOU HAVE THE REFUEL CAPABILITY,
891
00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:00,483
THE AMOUNT
OF AMMUNITION YOU NEED.
892
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:02,162
Narrator:
ALL THAT SHIPPING AND SUPPORT
893
00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:05,154
FOR JUST 24 AIRCRAFT
ISN'T CHEAP.
894
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:07,690
THE TOTAL COST
TO THE U.S. TAXPAYER:
895
00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:10,927
$480 MILLION.
896
00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:12,929
Connor: THE APACHE
897
00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:14,975
IS A MUCH MORE COMPLEX
AND DIFFICULT AIRCRAFT
898
00:42:14,999 --> 00:42:17,967
TO OPERATE IN THE FIELD
THAN ITS PREDECESSORS.
899
00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:20,836
IT REQUIRES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
PARTS AND FACILITIES
900
00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:22,972
TO KEEP IT GOING.
901
00:42:23,041 --> 00:42:26,042
Narrator: THE APACHE'S SIZE
IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
902
00:42:26,044 --> 00:42:29,312
FLYING A MODERN NEW GUNSHIP
OUT OF A TINY AIRBASE
903
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,480
PROVES PROBLEMATIC.
904
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:33,583
Cody: THE AIRFIELD WASN'T READY.
905
00:42:33,651 --> 00:42:35,518
WE HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF RAIN.
906
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,054
AND THE PLACE WAS JUST MUDDY.
907
00:42:38,122 --> 00:42:42,525
AT THE SAME TIME,
WE WERE BRINGING IN SUPPLIES,
908
00:42:42,593 --> 00:42:45,528
AND THE AIRFIELD ITSELF WASN'T
READY TO ACCEPT THE APACHES.
909
00:42:45,597 --> 00:42:48,030
Narrator: THE ARMY WORKS
AROUND THE CLOCK FOR DAYS,
910
00:42:48,099 --> 00:42:50,333
BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT
STURDY ENOUGH
911
00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,468
FOR THE 24 GUNSHIPS.
912
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:54,804
Cody: THIS WAS NOT
A NATO AIRBASE AT ALL,
913
00:42:54,872 --> 00:42:56,472
AND SO GETTING THAT AIRBASE SET
914
00:42:56,541 --> 00:42:58,719
SO THAT YOU COULD LAUNCH
NIGHT ATTACKS WITH APACHES
915
00:42:58,743 --> 00:43:00,042
TOOK SOME TIME.
916
00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:01,544
Narrator: GROUND TROOPS BRING IN
917
00:43:01,546 --> 00:43:05,514
667,000 SQUARE METERS
OF ROCK FILL.
918
00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:09,819
ARMY ENGINEERS CONSTRUCT 58
SPECIALLY DESIGNED LANDING PADS
919
00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:12,355
FOR THE APACHE BASE.
920
00:43:12,357 --> 00:43:13,823
Cody: WE HAD TO GET
THE HELIPADS RIGHT,
921
00:43:13,825 --> 00:43:15,569
WE HAD TO GET
THE ARMING PADS RIGHT,
922
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,194
THE FUEL SYSTEM RIGHT,
AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
923
00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:21,430
ONCE IT WAS READY,
WE BROUGHT THEM IN.
924
00:43:21,433 --> 00:43:23,499
Narrator: THE APACHES' ARRIVAL
925
00:43:23,567 --> 00:43:25,613
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
THE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR.
926
00:43:25,637 --> 00:43:27,704
YET, WITHIN DAYS,
927
00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:29,750
IT WOULD PROVE TO BE
ONE OF THE CONFLICT'S
928
00:43:29,774 --> 00:43:32,241
MOST REGRETTED
AND DEADLY DECISIONS.
929
00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:41,851
MAY 4, 1999.
930
00:43:41,853 --> 00:43:47,857
45 MILES NORTH OF TIRANA-RINAS
AIRFIELD IN ALBANIA.
931
00:43:47,859 --> 00:43:51,060
AN APACHE CREW GETS READY
TO TRAIN WITH GROUND TROOPS
932
00:43:51,062 --> 00:43:54,263
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
933
00:43:54,265 --> 00:43:56,532
THE APACHE TAKES OFF,
934
00:43:56,534 --> 00:44:00,536
PLANNING TO MEET UP WITH
THE TROOPS ON THE NEXT RIDGE.
935
00:44:00,605 --> 00:44:03,706
SUDDENLY,
THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
936
00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:07,343
THIS IS ACTUAL FOOTAGE
FROM THAT NIGHT.
937
00:44:07,345 --> 00:44:09,212
AS THE GROUND CREW LOOKS ON,
938
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,381
THE APACHE DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.
939
00:44:12,450 --> 00:44:13,750
THEN...
940
00:44:13,818 --> 00:44:15,551
[EXPLOSION]
941
00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:22,692
Cody:
WE HAD ONE CRASH EARLY ON.
942
00:44:22,694 --> 00:44:24,360
IT WAS A YOUNG CREW,
943
00:44:24,428 --> 00:44:26,662
AND FORTUNATELY,
THEY HIT, ROLLED OVER,
944
00:44:26,731 --> 00:44:28,097
THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE,
945
00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:30,166
BOTH PILOTS ESCAPED.
946
00:44:30,168 --> 00:44:33,903
Soldier:
WE GOT THE GUYS! LET'S GO!
947
00:44:33,971 --> 00:44:35,204
Narrator: TWO WEEKS LATER,
948
00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:37,907
ANOTHER APACHE CREW
IS NOT SO LUCKY.
949
00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:40,776
Cody: IT WAS TWO GREAT PILOTS.
950
00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:46,415
AND IT WAS FLYING ON ONE OF
OUR LAST MISSION REHEARSALS.
951
00:44:46,484 --> 00:44:49,652
AND THEY HAD A MALFUNCTION WITH
THEIR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
952
00:44:49,654 --> 00:44:51,787
THAT BASICALLY RENDERED
THE AIRCRAFT UNCONTROLLABLE
953
00:44:51,790 --> 00:44:53,923
AND THEY CRASHED IT.
954
00:44:53,925 --> 00:44:55,925
AND BOTH OF THEM DIED.
955
00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:01,630
Narrator: IN ANOTHER SETTING,
956
00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:05,535
A PILOT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADJUST
QUICKLY IF THINGS GO WRONG.
957
00:45:05,603 --> 00:45:08,304
BUT IN ALBANIA'S
UNFORGIVING TERRAIN,
958
00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:12,041
EVEN THE SMALLEST PROBLEM
BECOMES MAGNIFIED.
959
00:45:12,109 --> 00:45:17,013
Cody: UNDULATING SHARP
MOUNTAIN RIDGES, VALLEYS,
960
00:45:17,081 --> 00:45:22,718
THE VENTURI EFFECT OF WINDS
CHANGING INSIDE THESE CANYONS...
961
00:45:22,787 --> 00:45:25,621
WHEN YOU'RE FLYING
NAP-OF-THE-EARTH FULLY LOADED
962
00:45:25,689 --> 00:45:29,358
AND IT'S DARK AND YOU'VE GOT
TO MANEUVER IN AND OUT...
963
00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:30,826
IT'S A WORKLOAD.
964
00:45:30,895 --> 00:45:33,829
Narrator: THE APACHE PILOTS
IN TASK FORCE HAWK
965
00:45:33,832 --> 00:45:36,165
CONTINUE TO TRAIN FOR WEEKS,
966
00:45:36,233 --> 00:45:39,568
BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE
EVER SEES ACTION.
967
00:45:39,571 --> 00:45:42,105
Cody: WE NEVER LAUNCHED
THE AIRCRAFT ACROSS,
968
00:45:42,173 --> 00:45:45,708
BUT THE APACHE COMMUNITY LEARNED
A LOT FROM TASK FORCE HAWK.
969
00:45:45,710 --> 00:45:47,844
YOU HAVE TO REALLY
KNOW YOUR AIRCRAFT
970
00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:51,180
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
AT 50 FEET OR 100 FEET,
971
00:45:51,182 --> 00:45:53,516
THINGS HAPPEN
VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
972
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:56,852
YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE
ON YOUR GAME THE WHOLE TIME.
973
00:45:56,921 --> 00:45:59,455
IT'S A PRETTY COMPLEX AIRCRAFT.
974
00:45:59,457 --> 00:46:00,790
Narrator: TODAY,
975
00:46:00,792 --> 00:46:03,425
PILOTS AND MAINTAINERS
WORK TIRELESSLY
976
00:46:03,494 --> 00:46:07,129
TO SUPPORT THE APACHE
AND ITS REPUTATION.
977
00:46:07,198 --> 00:46:08,709
Donald Coleman:
THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY KNOW
978
00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:10,577
EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS
ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT.
979
00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:13,135
BUT THE MORE YOU KNOW,
THE BETTER THAT WE ARE
980
00:46:13,204 --> 00:46:16,472
BECAUSE IN THE AVIATION WORLD,
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
981
00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:19,542
Narrator: COORDINATION BETWEEN
PILOTS AND MAINTAINERS
982
00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:21,544
IS BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
983
00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:23,223
Coleman: THERE HAS TO BE
THIS LEVEL OF TRUST
984
00:46:23,247 --> 00:46:24,524
IN BETWEEN
THE PILOT AND THE CREW CHIEF
985
00:46:24,548 --> 00:46:26,549
SO THE PILOT
CAN TRUST HIM TO KNOW
986
00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:29,185
THAT THIS AIRCRAFT
IS GONNA BE SAFE.
987
00:46:29,253 --> 00:46:30,964
YOU WANT TO HAVE
THAT LEVEL OF TRUST
988
00:46:30,988 --> 00:46:33,028
BECAUSE IT IS
A GROUND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT,
989
00:46:33,090 --> 00:46:35,625
AND WHEN TROOPS ARE IN CONTACT
IN A DEPLOYMENT SITUATION,
990
00:46:35,693 --> 00:46:37,470
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE
TO GET INTO THIS AIRCRAFT
991
00:46:37,494 --> 00:46:39,161
AND FLY IT RIGHT AWAY.
992
00:46:39,230 --> 00:46:41,310
WHEN THE GROUND TROOP
CALL FOR AIR SUPPORT,
993
00:46:41,365 --> 00:46:42,542
THEY DON'T WANT IT 10 MINUTES,
994
00:46:42,566 --> 00:46:43,777
THEY DON'T WANT IT
20 MINUTES FROM NOW;
995
00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:45,201
THEY WANT IT RIGHT AWAY.
996
00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:50,906
Narrator: FIFTEEN YEARS
AFTER TASK FORCE HAWK,
997
00:46:50,975 --> 00:46:54,376
THE APACHE HAS WORKED OUT
MOST OF ITS KINKS.
998
00:46:54,445 --> 00:46:57,380
IT'S BEEN USED IN ALMOST
EVERY COMBAT ENVIRONMENT.
999
00:46:57,448 --> 00:47:02,518
AND IN ALMOST EVERY ONE,
IT'S PROVEN A STAR.
1000
00:47:02,586 --> 00:47:05,654
Connor: THE APACHE HAS PROVEN
EXTREMELY ADAPTABLE
1001
00:47:05,657 --> 00:47:07,534
TO THE NATURE
OF THIS MODERN WARFARE.
1002
00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:09,892
THE COMBINATION
OF SOPHISTICATED SENSORS,
1003
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,894
THE HELLFIRE MISSILE
1004
00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:14,230
ARE WHAT IS SHAPING
MODERN WARFARE TODAY.
1005
00:47:16,901 --> 00:47:19,368
Narrator: AS THE WORLD'S
MOST FAMOUS ATTACK HELICOPTER,
1006
00:47:19,436 --> 00:47:23,105
IT'S NO WONDER
OTHER COUNTRIES WANT IT, TOO.
1007
00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:27,076
BOEING SELLS APACHES TO ALLIES
IN FIFTEEN OTHER COUNTRIES,
1008
00:47:27,144 --> 00:47:29,345
INCLUDING SOUTH KOREA,
THE NETHERLANDS,
1009
00:47:29,413 --> 00:47:32,348
EGYPT, AND ISRAEL.
1010
00:47:32,416 --> 00:47:34,850
PILOTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
1011
00:47:34,919 --> 00:47:38,988
HAVE AN ESPECIALLY LOYAL
ASSOCIATION AND APPRECIATION.
1012
00:47:39,056 --> 00:47:41,034
Mike Neville:
THIS AIRCRAFT, THE APACHE,
1013
00:47:41,058 --> 00:47:45,294
IS DESIGNED TO TAKE YOU
TO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
1014
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:47,663
IT'S DESIGNED TO LOOK AFTER YOU
WHILE YOU'RE THERE,
1015
00:47:47,731 --> 00:47:54,770
GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME AND SPACE
AND PROTECTION TO DO YOUR JOB.
1016
00:47:54,839 --> 00:47:55,982
Jason Etherington: YOU SEE
PEOPLE PUT DOWN WEAPONS,
1017
00:47:56,006 --> 00:47:58,084
YOU SEE PEOPLE
GO BACK INTO THEIR HOUSES.
1018
00:47:58,108 --> 00:47:59,241
IT'S A BRANDING.
1019
00:47:59,310 --> 00:48:01,810
PEOPLE KNOW HOW GOOD
THIS MACHINE IS,
1020
00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:04,713
AND THEY'RE FEARFUL OF IT.
1021
00:48:04,782 --> 00:48:06,660
Narrator:
THE U.S. ARMY APACHE FLEET
1022
00:48:06,684 --> 00:48:09,685
HAS ACCUMULATED MORE THAN
3 MILLION FLIGHT HOURS
1023
00:48:09,753 --> 00:48:12,054
SINCE IT FIRST TOOK
TO THE SKIES.
1024
00:48:12,122 --> 00:48:16,458
SOME SAY
IT'S JUST GETTING WARMED UP.
1025
00:48:16,527 --> 00:48:18,627
IN FEBRUARY 2013,
1026
00:48:18,696 --> 00:48:22,498
BOEING DEBUTED AN EVEN DEADLIER
VERSION OF THE AIRCRAFT...
1027
00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:27,469
THE AH-64E APACHE GUARDIAN.
1028
00:48:27,472 --> 00:48:30,506
Connor: THE LATEST APACHE,
THE AH-64E GUARDIAN,
1029
00:48:30,574 --> 00:48:32,608
IS THE APACHE
FOR THE INTERNET AGE.
1030
00:48:32,676 --> 00:48:35,010
IT ALLOWS THE CO-PILOT GUNNER
1031
00:48:35,079 --> 00:48:38,681
TO ACTUALLY OPERATE THE SENSORS
ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES,
1032
00:48:38,683 --> 00:48:40,015
AND THE APACHE CREWS
1033
00:48:40,018 --> 00:48:44,386
CAN ACTUALLY PICK OUT TARGETS
FROM BEHIND A HILL
1034
00:48:44,455 --> 00:48:45,732
USING THOSE UNMANNED
AERIAL VEHICLES
1035
00:48:45,756 --> 00:48:47,856
WITHOUT ANY RISK TO THEMSELVES.
1036
00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:50,559
Narrator: IN OTHER WORDS,
THE BRAND-NEW APACHE GUARDIAN
1037
00:48:50,628 --> 00:48:54,129
FLIES WITH ITS OWN
MINI-APACHE DRONE.
1038
00:48:54,198 --> 00:48:58,434
Winn: THE CREW CONTROLS
THAT UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE,
1039
00:48:58,436 --> 00:49:00,169
AND IT'S OUT
FLYING AHEAD OF THE APACHE,
1040
00:49:00,171 --> 00:49:02,171
IDENTIFYING
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE,
1041
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:03,505
WHAT THREAT SYSTEMS THERE ARE.
1042
00:49:03,508 --> 00:49:05,841
SO THEY CAN BE FLYING ALONG
1043
00:49:05,909 --> 00:49:07,821
AND BE LOOKING
AT WHAT'S HAPPENING
1044
00:49:07,845 --> 00:49:10,880
IN THE NEXT VALLEY OVER,
30 KILOMETERS AWAY.
1045
00:49:13,117 --> 00:49:14,817
Narrator: WILL APACHE PILOTS
1046
00:49:14,885 --> 00:49:18,721
BE ABLE TO MASTER YET ANOTHER
COMPLICATED PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY?
1047
00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:21,457
ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
1048
00:49:21,525 --> 00:49:23,793
Connor: THE BIGGEST DANGER
FOR APACHE CREWS TODAY
1049
00:49:23,861 --> 00:49:25,194
IS INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
1050
00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:27,997
NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO FLY
AND FIGHT THEIR AIRCRAFT,
1051
00:49:28,065 --> 00:49:31,000
BUT THEY HAVE TO MANAGE
A VERY COMPLEX SET OF DATA
1052
00:49:31,068 --> 00:49:33,769
THAT IS COMING INTO THEM
VIA ALL THE SENSORS
1053
00:49:33,837 --> 00:49:36,472
AND OTHER DATA LINKS THAT ARE
BEING GIVEN TO THE AIRCRAFT
1054
00:49:36,474 --> 00:49:38,207
BY OUTSIDE SOURCES.
1055
00:49:38,275 --> 00:49:40,342
Narrator: IN NOVEMBER 2013,
1056
00:49:40,345 --> 00:49:44,079
THE 1-229th
ATTACK RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION
1057
00:49:44,082 --> 00:49:46,081
AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD
1058
00:49:46,084 --> 00:49:50,352
COMPLETED 6,000 HOURS
OF TRAINING ON THE NEW APACHE.
1059
00:49:50,355 --> 00:49:52,288
THEY'RE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT.
1060
00:49:57,061 --> 00:49:59,395
THE COMBAT-PROVEN
APACHE HELICOPTER
1061
00:49:59,463 --> 00:50:03,032
IS THE U.S. ARMY'S
MOST LETHAL AIRCRAFT.
1062
00:50:03,100 --> 00:50:05,034
Inbody: THE WAY WE OPERATE,
1063
00:50:05,036 --> 00:50:06,769
THE LETHALITY THAT WE BRING,
1064
00:50:06,771 --> 00:50:09,038
AND THE INTEGRATION
TO GROUND FORCES
1065
00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:10,506
IS INCOMPARABLE.
1066
00:50:10,508 --> 00:50:15,144
THERE IS NO OTHER HELICOPTER
OR EVEN AIRFRAME THAT'S LIKE US.
1067
00:50:15,212 --> 00:50:17,446
NOT AT ALL.
NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE.
1068
00:50:17,448 --> 00:50:20,582
EVERYBODY IS ABOUT
THREE OR FOUR STEPS BELOW US
1069
00:50:20,651 --> 00:50:23,452
IN OUR TRAINING LEVEL
AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE FIGHT.
1070
00:50:23,521 --> 00:50:26,455
Narrator: IT'S PERSEVERED IN THE
FACE OF TECHNICAL CHALLENGES,
1071
00:50:26,523 --> 00:50:28,624
TRIUMPHED OVER WEAKNESSES,
1072
00:50:28,692 --> 00:50:32,928
AND BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD
FOR ATTACK HELICOPTERS TODAY.
1073
00:50:32,997 --> 00:50:34,841
Cody: THERE'S OTHER
WEAPON SYSTEMS OUT THERE,
1074
00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:36,231
BUT IF YOU WANT 100% SUCCESS
1075
00:50:36,300 --> 00:50:40,269
AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHUT
THAT STUFF DOWN IMMEDIATELY,
1076
00:50:40,271 --> 00:50:42,271
THAT'S THE AIRCRAFT TO DO IT IN.
1077
00:50:42,273 --> 00:50:45,207
Narrator: HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE
AND HEAVILY ARMED,
1078
00:50:45,276 --> 00:50:49,211
THE AH-64 APACHE
IS UNIQUE IN ITS CLASS.
1079
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:50,946
BOLD, BRAVE,
1080
00:50:50,948 --> 00:50:53,482
DEVASTATINGLY POWERFUL.
1081
00:50:53,484 --> 00:50:56,185
AND IT SHOWS NO SIGNS
OF STOPPING.
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