Out-of-the-ordinary visitors: Apache helicopters make stopover at Newport Airport

Two of the six AH-64 Apache helicopters that made a stopover at the Newport Municipal Airport on Tuesday afternoon are pictured as they depart – their final destination being Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Dennis Anstine)

A rare visit this week to the Newport Municipal Airport by six AH-64 Apache helicopters was extended overnight for two of the attack weapons because of an engine problem.

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