The Armor Militant AH-88 Wasp is a dual rotor attack helicopter with tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and tandem cockpit for a crew of two. The AH-88 features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. The Wasp is armed with a Mk9 Plasma Cannon carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hard-points mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The Union of Everett Ground Forces and part of the Air Force will be the main operators of the AH-88. The AH-88 was first released into active service with the Union of Everett armed forces in February of 2015, and will complement the Boeing AH-64 Apache and replace the Bell AH-1 Cobra. It may also be made
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| - The Armor Militant AH-88 Wasp is a dual rotor attack helicopter with tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and tandem cockpit for a crew of two. The AH-88 features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. The Wasp is armed with a Mk9 Plasma Cannon carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hard-points mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The Union of Everett Ground Forces and part of the Air Force will be the main operators of the AH-88. The AH-88 was first released into active service with the Union of Everett armed forces in February of 2015, and will complement the Boeing AH-64 Apache and replace the Bell AH-1 Cobra. It may also be made
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| - The Armor Militant AH-88 Wasp is a dual rotor attack helicopter with tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and tandem cockpit for a crew of two. The AH-88 features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. The Wasp is armed with a Mk9 Plasma Cannon carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hard-points mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The Union of Everett Ground Forces and part of the Air Force will be the main operators of the AH-88. The AH-88 was first released into active service with the Union of Everett armed forces in February of 2015, and will complement the Boeing AH-64 Apache and replace the Bell AH-1 Cobra. It may also be made available to Security Alliance nations to replace the Israeli Air Force AH-1 Cobras and provide new attack systems for Iraqistan's Air Forces. The AH-88 will eventually replace the AH-64 Apache.
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