The problem of replacing the age-old, and in its function present almost completely useless, Mi-24D/In Air Force Landing helicopters seems to be close a happy ending. In the Kruk Strike chopper program, the final fight, and fundamentally a gunfight, will be played between Bell AH-1Z Viper and Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian machines. Each represents a somewhat different concept of operation and use. The key question is not only that which fits better the needs of the Polish army, but besides how it will fit into the broader context of military, industrial and political cooperation.