{"id":290270,"date":"2019-09-04T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=290270"},"modified":"2019-09-04T05:44:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:44:31","slug":"in-boost-to-its-firepower-iaf-inducts-eight-apache-attack-helicopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/in-boost-to-its-firepower-iaf-inducts-eight-apache-attack-helicopters\/","title":{"rendered":"In boost to its firepower, IAF inducts eight Apache attack helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight US-made Apache stealth attack helicopters, capable of firing missiles and rockets, were inducted into the Indian Air Force on Tuesday, significantly boosting the force\u2019s combat capability at a time India faces complex security challenges including cross border terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The eight helicopters, manufactured by aerospace major Boeing, were part of a multi-billion dollar deal India struck with the US government for 22 Apache AH-64E choppers nearly four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief address after induction of the fleet, Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said that the procurement of choppers with latest technology is a \u201csignificant step\u201d towards modernisation of the IAF. \u201cThe Apache helicopters will enhance the operational capabilities of the IAF,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight US-made Apache stealth attack helicopters, capable of firing missiles and rockets, were inducted into the Indian Air Force on Tuesday, significantly boosting the force\u2019s combat capability at a time India faces complex security challenges including cross border terrorism. The eight helicopters, manufactured by aerospace major Boeing, were part of a multi-billion dollar deal India struck with the US government for 22 Apache AH-64E choppers nearly four years ago. In a brief address after induction of the fleet, Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said that the procurement of choppers with latest technology is a \u201csignificant step\u201d towards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}