Apache attack helicopters to be inducted into IAF at Pathankot on Sept 3
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will induct US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters into the Indian Air Force at Pathankot in Punjab on September 3, an official said on Friday.
The first four of the 22 helicopters was handed over to the air force by US aerospace major Boeing on July 27.
The IAF is organising an induction ceremony of Apache AH-64E helicopters at the Pathankot air force station on September 3, Defence Spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said.
Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa will be the chief guest for the event, he said.
The delivery of the first batch of Apache helicopters to the IAF at the Hindan air base came nearly four years after a multi-billion dollar deal for the choppers was sealed.
