dozens of aircraft, including five Apaches; NATO denied these claims and no Apache losses have been acknowledged to date. On 8 July 2011, the MoD released information on the first month of Apache combat operations over Libya; noting that Apaches had engaged targets within Libya on 39 occasions. Apache operations over Libya have been heavily influenced and supported by NATO reconnaissance flights and intelligence missions; information is continually relayed to update target information, assess the threat of Surface to Air missiles (SAM), and the presence of civilians, enabling real time changes to mission profiles. On 6 August, Apaches struck a military communications facility and troops at Al Watiyah. Both the Apache and the Typhoon were withdrawn from Libyan operations in September 2011 as operational demands decreased. Operators British Army Air Corps No. 653 Squadron AAC No. 662 Squadron AAC No. 663 Squadron AAC – operational Conversion Squadron from 2015 No. 654 Squadron AAC (former operator) No. 656 Squadron AAC No. 664 Squadron AAC No. 668 Squadron AAC – Training Squadron No. 673 Squadron AAC – Training Squadron Specifications (Apache AH1) See also References Citations Bibliography "AH Mk1 Apache". AgustaWestland. Retrieved 30 June 2011. Bishop, Chris and Jim Laurier. "Apache AH-64 Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) 1976–2005". Osprey Publishing, 2005. . Finch, Roger S. "Helicopter Certification: The Challenge of Testing UK Apache". Boscombe Down: Defence Test & Evaluation Organisation, 1996. Heyman, Charles. "The British Army Guide". Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2005. . Hoyle, Craig. "Apaches At Ready – Despite Delays in Training Pilots for the Boeing/Westland Apache AH1, the British Army has no Reservations about its New Attack Helicopter". Flight International, 26 July 2004. pp. 58–60. Lewis, Damien. "Apache Dawn", Sphere, 2009. . McGowen, Stanley S. "Helicopters: an illustrated history of their impact". ABC-CLIO, 2005. . National Audit Office. "Building an Air Manoeuver Capability: The Introduction of the Apache Helicopter". London: The Stationery Office, 28 October 2002. Further reading King, Anthony. "The Transformation of Europe's Armed Forces: From the Rhine to Afghanistan". Cambridge University Press, 2011. . Macy, Ed. "Hellfire". Harper Collins, 2010. . Madison, Charlotte. "Dressed to Kill", Headline Review, 2010. . Ryan, Mike. "Battlefield Afghanistan". Spellmount, 2007. . Thornton, Rod. "Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the Twenty-First Century". Polity, 2005. . External links Leonardo military helicopter official web page Westland Apache AH Mk 1 (WAH-64 Apache Longbow) on Army Air Corps 1990s British attack aircraft Attack helicopters Apache 1990s