The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed to IHS Jane’s that sixteen of its WAH-64 attack helicopters have been placed in storage since January.
“The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review and 2012 Planning Round identified the need to adjust the Apache aircraft numbers in line with the drawdown of operations in Afghanistan. With the end of combat operations, the fleet was adjusted to 50 in January 2015,” said an MoD spokesperson.