One Egyptian Air Force AH-64 Apache was shot down in January of 2014.
The US has delivered 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt last week taking the tally of AH-64 Apache in Egyptian air Force to 55 (56-1 shot down).
The United States originally announced in April that it had decided to lift its hold on the delivery of the attack helicopters, imposed last year after the military toppled elected president Mohamed Mursi and cracked down hard on his Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Egypt is fighting an Islamist insurgency targeting mostly security personnel and based mainly in the lawless Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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