Seen with the distinctive monochrome green of a night-vision device, an AH-64 Apache helicopter from 1st Battalion (Attack), 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Tigershark, departs Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, on Oct. 17, 2013, to conduct a security and reconnaissance mission. Night-vision goggles (NVGs) and other types of enhanced vision systems improve situational
awareness for pilots. First used by the military, NVGs have become common in the civil industry, particularly in sectors such as helicopter air ambulance, where night operations are common. Other now-common technologies that were first utilized by military aircraft include GPS, forward- looking infrared (FLIR) vision systems, health and usage monitoring systems (HUMSs), and wire- strike protection systems.
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