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===United Arab Emirates=== [[File:USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) 150216-N-DQ840-256 (15937885963).jpg|thumb|An [[United Arab Emirates Air Force|UAEAF]] Apache conducts deck landing qualifications aboard the {{USS|Fort McHenry}}.]] The [[United Arab Emirates]] purchased 30 AH-64As between 1991 and 1994,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=i9QpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6860,1177677&dq=apache+uae&hl=en |title=US Copters Set For Middle East |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=4 June 1991}}</ref> and began upgrading to AH-64D specification in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/uaes-30helicopter-apache-upgrade-program-underway-02551/ |title=UAE's 30-Helicopter Apache Upgrade Program Underway |website=Defense Industry Daily |date=10 May 2009}}</ref> In December 2016, the U.S. State Department approved a proposed sale of another 37 AH-64Es and [[United States Congress|Congress]] was notified; this consisted of 28 re-manufactured and nine new-build helicopters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/united-arab-emirates-apache-ah-64e-helicopters-and-services |title=United Arab Emirates β Apache AH-64E Helicopters and Services |date=8 December 2016 |publisher=Defense Security Cooperation Agency}}</ref> A UAE AH-64 was reportedly lost on 17 October 2017;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/two-emirati-pilots-die-in-yemen-crash-1.668121 |title=Two Emirati pilots die in Yemen crash |website=The National|date=17 October 2017 }}</ref> a replacement was approved by the US in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/90118/uae-to-replace-lost-apache |title=UAE to replace lost Apache | Jane's 360 |website=www.janes.com}}</ref>
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