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Poland Plans to Acquire Large Apache Guardian Fleet
If all the planned 96 AH-64Es are purchased it will make the Polish army the second biggest Apache operator after the U.S. Army.
U.S. Army AH-64Es are no strangers to Poland, having served with Battle Group Poland as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence. (Photo: U.S. Army)
U.S. Army AH-64Es are no strangers to Poland, having served with Battle Group Poland as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence. (Photo: U.S. Army)

Poland has decided to buy the Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian to answer its Kruk (raven) requirement for an attack helicopter. The selection over the Bell AH-1Z was announced on social media by Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak on September 8, the third day of Poland’s MSPO defense industry exhibition. The short announcement said that Poland had requested 96 Apaches from the U.S. and that the deal would also include technology transfer.