Heck, I'm probably older then you. Anyway, this is a new Red Dawn with awesome special effects & if they hadn't of gutted it - probably better then the original.
I hear in some ways it won't. Unless they were going to CGI in the proper choppers/aircraft.
IIRC, John Millius and Co. got some
really pointed questions from the U.S. State Dept. over the Hind gunships that showed up in the original Red Dawn. They were done so well, it took awhile to convince them they were really much smaller Huey's or Jet Rangers... or whatever domestics with some cosmetic skins on them.