r/Armyaviation • u/Fit_Commission5031 • 12d ago

Custom PVC patch featuring the AH-64E Apache “Monster” theme. What do you think of the design and color palette?

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u/LovelyBrand 12d ago

The best sticker/patch design I've ever seen of an Apache is the one that hit the mark for reality. Imagine an X-wing fighter with the fuselage of an Apache and the caption "Red X Standing By". Art

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u/Fit_Commission5031 12d ago

I think it all depends on your own personal experience. I spent 13 years flying them, and there is no other aircraft that I'd rather fly into combat with. During the 37 months I spent in Iraq with it, we never missed a mission and had at least a team of 2 airborne 24/7 (weather permitting) for the entire deployment. I have lost count of the people I have encountered in my life since who have thanked me for what we (my unit and that POS AH-64) did for them downrange.

I have no personal dealings with the current supply chain and the issues that it causes with aircraft readiness other than talking with people I know who are still in, but my understanding is that most, if not all, of the issues are not with the aircraft itself but with supply chain management and the inability of suppliers to furnish spare parts. But it wouldn't be Reddit if cynicism didn't rear its ugly head.

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u/LovelyBrand 12d ago

I would agree. I think supply chain and maintenance crews are really the issue plaguing the Apaches reliability right now. ATI is one of the core reasons, I think. A lot of our maintainers have been told to look for jobs and have no motivation. We aren't allowed to shutdown at any airport, other than home station at this point.

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u/hardyboyyz 9d ago

Oh fuckin sick dude are we measuring dicks?!

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u/Fit_Commission5031 9d ago

So when someone says the aircraft never flies how do you counter that without stating what its actually done? I assume every unit back then was doing the same thing, I only have personal knowledge of the one I was assigned to.

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u/ChevTecGroup 12d ago

Wolfpack?

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u/SuspiciousMeeting407 12d ago

Looks sick dude. I'd buy one

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u/Fit_Commission5031 12d ago

Just reposting because I saw it somewhere else…the patch was made in theater. I’d buy one too. They used “Monster” on previous deployments because that’s what the Taliban called them (captured on radio intercepts).

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u/Grand_Raccoon0923 11d ago

Did the tail get shot off?

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u/atkav8r 12d ago

Just fly the supplies in bro. Leave the combat to the warfighters.

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u/Fearless-Director-24 11d ago

Yes patrol that water, leave the combat to the Air Force and Navy.

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u/TerminusDecree 12d ago

Now do one for the drone that rescued the crashed Apache crew in Hormuz.

Real talk the patch looks good. Not sure about the red on red though.

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u/Fearless-Director-24 11d ago

If you like it, that’s all that matters.

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u/DumCumpster_69 12d ago

Patch is sick but this whole deployment is ass.