Helicopters for Amiri Air Force start production at Boeing's plant

HE the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces, Lieutenant General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem, on Saturday inaugurated the production line for the project pertaining to the manufacture of Apache helicopters for the Qatar Amiri Air Force, during a visit to Boeing's factory in Mesa, Arizona (US). He also toured the company's flight simulator facilities during the visit. 

During the tour, HE Staff Lieutenant General (Pilot) al-Ghanem was accompanied by Boeing Vertical Lift general manager David Koopersmith, director of the Apache project committee Brigadier General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Abdul Hadi al-Shahwani, members of the committee and a number of ranking Qatar Armed Forces officers in charge of the project, the official Qatar News Agency reported.