We climbed into an Apache helicopter's cockpit and saw why it's one of the most difficult aircrafts to fly

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FORT BLISS, Texas - It was a bright, warm day when I walked onto Biggs Army Airfield, surrounded by desert mountains.

But it was also loud. 

I saw Chinook, Blackhawk, and Apache helicopters sprawled across the airfield, many of which were on the ground and being worked on, while a few periodically hovered above.  

I then met Chief Warrant Officer Zachary Eichhorn, and he walked me over to the AH-64 Delta Longbow attack chopper pictured above.

Although I only had about 30 minutes to see everything, Eichhorn gave me a tour of all the weapons systems and even the cockpit.

Here's what I saw: