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An example of American jobs, but...now the rest of the story. The Boeing Apache helicopter, the AH-64, is made in Mesa, Arizona. Boeing says that the plant has orders that will last until 2026. While it is assembled in Mesa, AZ. the parts come from about 400 international suppliers. This is a fact of life these days; most products are multi-national. To be fair, there are restrictions on military hardware that can be sold to other countries or manufactured in other countries so assembly of the Apache helicopter must, by necessity, be in the USA. .So far about 2200 Apache helicopters have been made in Mesa. Many countries use the Apache.

Egypt-purchased 36 AH-64A
Greece-purchased 20 AH-64A and 12 AH-64D.
Indonesia-purchased 8 AH-64E
India-purchased 22 AH-64D and 11 AH-64E
Israel-purchased 42 AH-64A
Japan-purchased 50 AH-64D
Kuwait-purchased 16 AH-64 Longbow
Netherlands-purchased 30 AH-64D
Qatar-purchased 24 AH-64D
Saudi Arabia-purchased 12 AH-64A and 12 AH-64E 28 more are pending.
Singapore-purchased 20 AH-64D
South Korea-purchased 36 AH-64E
Taiwan-purchased 30 AH-64E
United Arab Emirates-purchased 30 AH-64A which were recently upgraded to AH-64D
United Kingdom-purchased 50 AH-64E. An additional WAH-64A were made under license by AgustaWestland.

Taiwan has less than 900 aircraft total....
and a military force of about 300K...
Looks to me like we are supplying China with Apaches... :lol: :lol:

The smart thing about being the leading producer of weapons is that if they try and use them against us, instead of the bad guys, we can disable those weapons through programmed safe guards and prevent them from obtaining needed repair parts.