Mesa, Arizona, the home of the Apache Longbow combat helicopter, is thousands of miles from Afghanistan. But just 70 miles from Mesa near the town of Gila Bend, AZ, the Barry M. Goldwater Range has just what the British Army wanted: punishing dust, heat and mountains. It’s the perfect place for the British Army to train its AH Mk1 Apache air and ground crews for potential service in Afghanistan and other hot spots around the world. The AH Mk1, the British equivalent of the AH-64D Apache Longbow, is already performing peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan.