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Taiwan is expected to get six Apache attack helicopters in October this year, according to military sources.
The six AH-64Es will be the first batch of an order of 30 of the most advanced US attack helicopters that the military bought for NT$59.31 billion (US$2.04 billion) in 2008. The last batch should be delivered before July 2014.
The contract to build the helicopters was awarded to US manufacturer Boeing in October 2010 and the first one rolled out of the Boeing hangar in Mesa, Arizona 2012 in a ceremony presided over by Army Commander Gen. Lee Hsiang-chou.
Taiwan has sent seed pilots and maintenance crew to the US to undergo training in flying and maintaining the new fleet.
Read the full story at Want China Times