What made this film, which has been described as utterly “ forgettable,” so great was its portrayal of the U.S. Army’s newest attack helicopter at that time, the AH-64 Apache.

This concept image of China's new attack helicopter, tentatively designated as Z-21, is based on photographs of the prototype aircraft in flight. (Janes) ...

The oldest attack helicopter in the U.S. military is the AH-1 Cobra. The U.S. Army started out with it but the Marine Corps quickly adopted it.