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| Date: | Monday 24 March 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | 99-05135 |
| MSN: | PVD135/PV228 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Najaf -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
AH-64D Apache was shot down during attack on Republican Guard; two pilots taken prisoner. Helicopter was supposedly destroyed by Coalition forces but Iraqi TV showed an AH-64 being taken to Baghdad on a low loader.
Sources:
Scramble 288
http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/agtwopen/iraq_equipment_losses.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1999.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 19-Mar-2013 01:42 | krasatpi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2013 07:18 | krasatpi | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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