A Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter of the Dutch Royal Air Force. The thirty Dutch AH-64D Apaches delivered are not of the Longbow type and therefore do not have a Fire Control Radar on the rotor head, otherwise they do have all the innovations and that is why they also call it the Radarless Longbow. They were delivered from 1998-2002 and have the registrations Q-01 to Q-30. The Q-15 and Q-20 are missing from this series because both helicopters crashed. Twenty are assigned to the Defence Helicopter Command (DHC) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Command (CLSK) and fly from Gilze-Rijen Air Base with 301 Apache Squadron - "The Redskins". Eight are assigned to 302 Squadron and fly from Fort Hood in the United States.
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