Obama could send as many as 8 AH-64s back to Iraq

The Pentagon has recommended to the White House that up to eight AH-64 attack helicopters are to be sent to Iraq as part of a package of new assistance programs to counter ISIL.

By SSGT SUZANNE M. JENKINS, USAF (Defense Imagery) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Pentagon and White House officials said even if the deployment is approved, it will not be imminent.

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