{"id":321356,"date":"2024-11-24T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=321356"},"modified":"2024-11-26T19:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:44:36","slug":"utah-army-guard-boosts-lethality-with-new-apache-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=321356","title":{"rendered":"Utah Army Guard Boosts Lethality with New Apache Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The Utah Army National Guard\u2019s 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment welcomed the newest AH-64E Apache Guardian into its ranks in West Jordan, Utah, Nov. 23, 2024. The most advanced attack helicopters enhance the Utah Army National Guard\u2019s air lethality. (Utah Army National Guard photo by: Sgt. Ian Tracy)
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WEST JORDAN, Utah \u2013 The 1st Battalion 211th Aviation Regiment, 97th Aviation Troop Command, is increasing its aerial lethality with 24 new AH-64E Apache Guardian attack aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AH-64 Apache first arrived in Utah in 1992. In 2003, the Apache unit, known as the 1-211th Attack & Reconnaissance Battalion, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, where they flew coalition attack operations in northeastern Afghanistan,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Keir Scoubes, land component commander of the Utah Army National Guard. \u201cThe unit, its pilots and aircraft have now deployed three times since the beginning of the Global War on Terror. Each deployment has improved the capacity of the unit and its leaders, enhanced the skill of its pilots, and increased each member of the unit\u2019s understanding of this fear-inducing aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Apaches have improved features allowing for more combat lethality and better mobility in mountainous terrain. They will fare better in inclement weather, a plus for the Utah climate.<\/p>\n

These Apache Guardian models are \u201cthe best attack helicopters in the world,\u201d said Col. John Dzieciolowski, commander of the 97th Aviation Troop Command.<\/p>\n

Among the enhancements are advanced computer systems and transmission upgrades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arrival of the AH-64E is exciting not only because it brings the Utah National Guard into parity with the active Army, but just a decade ago, the Guard was in danger of losing the attack helicopter capability altogether,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joseph VanDrimmelen, a senior pilot for the 1st battalion. \u201cThis is special to us because we were able to keep our aircraft and now find ourselves at the forefront of the attack helicopter community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Utah Army National Guard\u2019s 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment welcomed the newest AH-64E Apache Guardian into its ranks in West Jordan, Utah, Nov. 23, 2024. The most advanced attack helicopters enhance the Utah Army National Guard\u2019s air lethality. (Utah Army National Guard photo by: Sgt. Ian Tracy) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Ian Charles Tracy) VIEW […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321358,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321359,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321356\/revisions\/321359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/321358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}