AH-64 Apache

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This article is about the HECU helicopter. For the Combine helicopter, see Hunter-Chopper.

The AH-64 Apache is a US military attack helicopter used by the HECU and the Black Ops during the Black Mesa Incident. It is armed with rockets and a 360 degree swiveling turret, making attempts to engage it without cover futile. Several Apaches were stationed at Black Mesa before the Resonance Cascade occurred, and more were brought in from nearby Santego Military Base, Arizona, after the event.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Half-Life 1.2 Half-Life: Blue Shift 1.3 Half-Life: Opposing Force 1.4 Half-Life: Decay 2 Tactics 3 Trivia 4 Gallery 5 List of appearances 6 External links

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Half-Life

The Apache is first seen during the train ride in Half-Life's first chapter, Black Mesa Inbound, idling on a helipad. The player first encounters it in a combat situation in the chapter Surface Tension, in which one is providing close air support for some dug-in HECU troops guarding the hydroelectric dam the player must cross.

[edit] Half-Life: Blue Shift

The Apache can be seen flying overhead at the very start of the game, over the Black Mesa flag.

[edit] Half-Life: Opposing Force

In Opposing Force, a Black Ops Apache can be seen in the chapter "The Package". It is fighting Race X creatures and attacks the player when they are all killed.

[edit] Half-Life: Decay

In Decay, an Apache can be briefly seen passing by in the fourth chapter, Resonance.

[edit] Tactics

The Apache is a tough and effective foe. It is armored against small arms fire, meaning that, although it is possible to take one down with bullets, destroying the Apache with anything less than explosives or experimental weaponry is difficult. The RPG is by far the most effective weapon against the Apache, but it (or sufficient ammunition for it) may not always be available. In these cases the Tau Cannon can destroy it with only a couple of hits with a charged shot (only one in Easy mode). If both are unavailable, shooting the main rotor works, though it takes a long time.

[edit] Trivia

• The Apache is primarily used by the US Army. The United States Marine Corps uses the AH-1 SuperCobra as their attack helicopter.
• In Half-Life: Source, the Apache is vulnerable anywhere on its body because the engine did not include the ability to have both bulletproof and vulnerable surfaces.

[edit] Gallery

Stukabats flying at the player in an Apache hangar.	Two Apache in an early Half-Life screenshot.	The Apache in an early Half-Life screenshot.	The Apache in an early Half-Life screenshot.
The Apache as seen at the start of Half-Life.	The Black Ops Apache.	A Black Ops AH-64 Apache firing at a Voltigore.	The same Black Ops AH-64 Apache fighting a Voltigore.
The Apache in Blue Shift.

[edit] List of appearances

• Half-Life: Day One (First appearance)
• Half-Life
• Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Half-Life: Decay
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar

[edit] External links

• AH-64 Apache on Wikipedia

Vehicles, vessels and transportation
Black Mesa transportation		Black Mesa SUV · Black Mesa Transit System · Black Mesa Truck
HECU vehicles		AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey
Combine vehicles		Advisor Platform · Armored Personnel Carrier · Hunter-Chopper · Razor Train
Resistance vehicles		Airboat · Mil Mi-8 · Muscle Car · Scout Car
Trainstations		City 17 Trainstation · Depot · Technical Trainstation
Other		Borealis · Rail-based transportation
Combine (cut)		AirEx Truck · C-130 · Combine SWAT Truck · M2A3 Bradley · Merkava · School Bus · V-22 Osprey
Resistance (cut)		Borealis · C-130 · Jalopy · Jet Ski · Submarine · V-22 Osprey
Other (cut)		F-117 Nighthawk · Digger

Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
Characters		S. Bahl · Dwight T. Barnes · Cooper · P. Deupree · J. Faulkenbury · R. Heironimus · Inney · Jackson · B. Martel · D. Mertz · L. Montgomery · R. Pitchford · Sharpe · Adrian Shephard · Tower · M. Wardwell
Weapons		Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Glock 17 · Laser Tripmine · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · Land Mine · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · RPG · Satchel Charge · Sentry Turret · SPAS-12
Vehicles		AH-64 Apache · F-16 Fighting Falcon · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey
Technology		Powered Combat Vest · Tactical Map
Other		Military Police · Santego Military Base
Vehicles (cut)		F-117 Nighthawk

The Black Ops
Vehicles		AH-64 Apache · M35 Cargo Truck · V-22 Osprey
Weapons		Glock 17 · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · Sentry Turret · Laser Tripmine
Technology		Cloaking Device
Weapons (cut)		Crossbow · Flash Grenade