Editing Boeing AH-64 Apache (section)

===Saudi Arabia===
{{See also|Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen}}
Following the 1991 [[Gulf War]], during which many U.S. Apaches operated from bases within Saudi territory,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=DHAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=meoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6638,5926770&dq=saudi+apache&hl=en |title=Apache Copters All Set if Iraqis Make a Move |website=Eugene Register-Guard |date=25 August 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61018142.html?dids=61018142:61018142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+22%2C+1991&author=DOUGLAS+JEHL&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Desert+Air%2C+Sands+Alive+With+Modern+Warriors&pqatl=google |title=Desert Air, Sands Alive With Modern Warriors |first=Douglas |last=Jehl |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 January 1991 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026080035/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61018142.html?dids=61018142:61018142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+22,+1991&author=DOUGLAS+JEHL&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Desert+Air,+Sands+Alive+With+Modern+Warriors&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Saudi Arabia]] purchased twelve AH-64As for the [[Saudi Arabian Army|Royal Saudi Land Force]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04DADEBA9086A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Bush Endorses Sale of Arms to Saudis...McDonnell Douglas Could Benefit from Pact |first=Robert L. |last=Koenig |work=St Louis Post-Dispatch |date=3 June 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74027664.html?dids=74027664:74027664&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03%2C+1992&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Plans+%241.8+Billion+Saudi+Military+Sale&pqatl=google |title=U.S. Plans $1.8 Billion Saudi Military Sale |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=3 June 1992 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026080054/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74027664.html?dids=74027664:74027664&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03,+1992&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=U.S.+Plans+$1.8+Billion+Saudi+Military+Sale&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has been speculated that the Saudi purchase motivated Israel to also procure Apaches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/15/world/us-and-israel-working-out-deal-to-offset-warplane-sale-to-saudis.html?pagewanted=1 |title=U.S. and Israel Working Out Deal To Offset Warplane Sale to Saudis |first=Thomas L. |last=Friedman |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 September 1992}}</ref> In August 2006, Saudi Arabia began negotiations for Apache upgrades worth up to $400M (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=400000000|start_year=2006}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), possibly remanufacturing their AH-64As to the AH-64D configuration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-2006-saudi-shopping-spree-400m-to-upgrade-ah64a-apache-helicopters-02484/ |title=The 2006 Saudi Shopping Spree: $400M to Upgrade AH-64A Apache Helicopters |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=1 August 2006}}</ref> In September 2008, the U.S. Government approved a Saudi Arabian request to buy 12 AH-64Ds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0932579120080909 |title=US OKs sale of Boeing helicopters to Saudi Arabia |work=Reuters |date=12 September 2008 |first=Andrea |last=Shalal-Esa}}</ref> In October 2010, Saudi Arabia requested a further 70 AH-64Ds as part of a possible massive arms deal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article841039.ece |title=Huge U.S.-Saudi arms deal |work=The Hindu |date=21 October 2010 |location=Chennai, India |first=Narayan |last=Lakshman}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-44.pdf |title=Saudi Arabia – AH-64D Apache, UH-60M Blackhawk, AH-6i Light Attack, and MD-530F Light Turbine Helicopters |publisher=US Defense Security Cooperation Agency|date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516134655/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-44.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation AH-64A Apache helicopter (2005).jpg|thumb|Royal Saudi Land Forces AH-64A, 2005]]
In November 2009, the Royal Saudi Land Force, as part of a military effort against insurgent border intrusions, launched [[Operation Scorched Earth]]; this involved Apaches launching air strikes against [[Houthi]] rebels operating inside neighboring [[Yemen]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C1F686E2F34400&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Saudi troops combing Yemen border; security stepped up |work=BBC News |date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025223746/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C1F686E2F34400&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C6E817D6115290&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Saudi Apache gunships prevent incursion by "infiltrators" |work=Saudi Gazette |date=6 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609000632/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12C6E817D6115290&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=9 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2010 the rebels claimed to have shot down an Apache; this was denied by the Saudi military.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35962&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=26&cHash=6f3c9c6c6a |title=Saudi Military Operations along the Yemen Border Repel Houthist Incursion |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |date=28 January 2010}}</ref> In late January 2010, the leader of the Shiite rebels announced their withdrawal from Saudi territory, this announcement followed a key battle on 12 January when Saudi forces reportedly took control of the border village of Al Jabiri.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=23477 |title=Yemen rebels announce pullout from Saudi land |website=The Jordan Times |date=26 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913040418/http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=23477 |archive-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>

As an escalation of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|Yemeni Civil War]], starting on 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and several other regional allies started a [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|military operation in Yemen]]. Both the Saudi Army Aviation and the United Arab Emirates Air Force used their AH-64s in combat against an alliance between elements of the Yemeni Army loyal to the former president [[Ali Abdullah Saleh|Saleh]] and the [[Houthi movement|Houthis]]. The Apaches were mostly involved in border patrol and strikes in Northwestern Yemen. Over the years, several Saudi and an Emirati Apaches were lost to incidents and enemy fire, although exact numbers have not been independently confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2019/12/02/houthi-rebels-claim-to-have-shot-down-saudi-apache-gunship-and-wing-loong-uav-in-yemen/ |title=Houthi Rebels Claim To Have Shot Down Saudi Apache Gunship And Wing Loong UAV in Yemen |first=David |last=Cenciotti |date=2 December 2019}}</ref> On 17 March 2017, an Apache reportedly attacked a Somali refugee boat, killing 42 refugees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/17/apache-helicopter-guns-down-boat-full-of-somali-refugees-fleeing-yemen/ |title=Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen |website=Foreign Policy |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref> Saudi Arabia denied involvement, though it and the United Arab Emirates are the only militaries using Apaches during the conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39302560 |title=Yemen migrant boat attack kills at least 42 |date=17 March 2017 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-escalating-northern-front-in-yemen |title=The Escalating Northern Front in Yemen |publisher=Washington Institute for Near East Policy}}</ref>