In 1988, the Army had planned to discontinue the OH-58D and focus on the LHX; however, Congress approved $138 million to expand the program, calling for the AHIP to operate with the Apache as a hunter/killer team; the AHIP would locate targets and the Apache would destroy them in a throwback to the traditional OH-58/AH-1 relationship.
En 1988 o Exército planeara rematar co OH-58D e centrarse no LHX; porén, o Congreso aprobou 138 millóns de dólares para ampliar o programa, pedindo que o AHIP operase co Apache como un equipo de cazador/asasino; o AHIP localizaría obxectivos e o Apache acabaría con eles nun retorno á tradicional relación OH-58/AH-1.