YAI AH-64

The YAI AH-64 is a Yuktobanian twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm chain gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage, and four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons for carrying armament and stores, typically a mixture of AGM-121 Brimstone missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has significant systems redundancy to improve combat survivability.

The AH-64 began as the Model 77 developed by Huzen Helicopters for the Commonwealth Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The prototype YAH-64 was first flown on 30 September 1975. The Commonwealth Army selected the YAH-64 over the Harst YAH-63 in 1976, and later approved full production in 1982. After purchasing Huzen Helicopters in 1984, Uveda-Nasat continued AH-64 production and development. The helicopter was introduced to Commonwealth Army service in April 1986. The advanced AH-64D Longbow was delivered to the Army in March 1997. Production has been continued by Yuktobanian Aerospace Industries, with over 3,000 AH-64s being produced by 2013.

The Commonwealth Army is the primary operator of the AH-64. It has also become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Cascadia, New England, Southern Levant, the Southern Union, Canada, and Ireland. It has been built under license in Engrandonica as the AgustaWestland Apache. Commonwealth AH-64s have served in conflicts in Liberia, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Israel used the AH-64 in its military conflicts in Northern Levant and the Gaza Strip. British and Cascadian Apaches have seen deployments in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.