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Egypt Given Green Light To Buy $1 Billion Worth of Apaches, Weapons

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

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Egypt Given Green Light To Buy $1 Billion Worth of Apaches, Weapons

AH-64E Apache Guardian Photo: U.S. Army

The U.S. State Department has given the go ahead for Egypt to buy 10 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters through a foreign military sales deal worth up to $1 billion.Egypt is bolstering its attack helicopter fleet to fight terrorists on the Sinai Peninsula, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.“Egypt intends to expand its existing fleet of multi-mission heavy attack helicopters to address U.S.-Egyptian interest in countering terrorist activities emanating from the Sinai Peninsula that undermine regional stability,” DSCA said in…

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