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By FlyPast 8th May 2024

… have started to fabricate missing and damaged items for Chinook HC.1 ZA717, which arrived at the Nottinghamshire … the Falkland Islands. The museum plans to reposition the Chinook and nearby Puma XW208 to make both more accessible. … cadets and school groups. … Plans to restore Newark Chinook gather pace …

By Tom Jones 3rd February 2024

… Gaining legendary status during its 40-year career, RAF Chinook HC6A ‘Bravo November’ first saw action in the … Sqn Ldr Dick Langworthy assumed command of the single-Chinook detachment and appointed me as his second-in-command. … the ceasefire, one was ‘liberated’ from an Argentinean CH-47C Chinook . During September 1981, we had participated …

By Jon Lake 12th September 2023

… announced more details relating to its acquisition of 60 CH-47F Block II Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters as the … to replace the Luftwaffe’s (German Air Force’s) ageing CH-53G Sea Stallion fleet. According to the newly released …

By Joe Campion 2nd February 2023

… Army Aviation Corps’ (AAAC’s) 14-strong fleet of CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters after a … , training and sustainment services for the Australian CH-47F fleet over the next five years – a move that will …

By Joe Campion 18th November 2022

… Boeing has delivered the 20th and final CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) . Having … is one of eight NATO countries that operate the CH-47 Chinook and were the first export customer to agree the …

By Khalem Chapman 20th September 2022

… A Boeing CH-47F Chinook assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard’s (ARNG’s) … aircraft recovery methods – an important part of the CH-47’s mission set. Staff Sgt Jesse Ayala, a CH-47 flight …

By Khalem Chapman 1st September 2022

… confirmed that it has grounded its entire fleet of Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters as a …

By AirForces Monthly 22nd May 2024

… AH2s and four Wildcat AH1s from the AAC, as well as three Chinook HC5/6As from the RAF – were meant to depart the UK on …

By Tom Kaminski 12th June 2024

… from heavy divisions and replaced in the latter by more CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters. The Army …

By Paul ‘Foo’ Kennard 3rd January 2024

… Paul ‘Foo’ Kennard, former RAF Chinook pilot, and MOD Requirements Manager and now Director … the campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan and why, as a CH-47 pilot, I sometimes found myself, literally, in the enemy’s …

By Richard Benedikz 22nd April 2024

… Eagle Dynamics has announced the DCS: CH-47F is now available for pre-purchase. The Boeing CH-47F Chinook, often referred to as the Hook, is the primary … response operations. During the last 60 years, the CH-47 has been deployed in major conflicts, including Vietnam, …

By Tom Kaminski 9th January 2024

… The Army is also planning to review the size of its CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopter fleet to …

By Tom Kaminski 19th March 2024

… The latest budget request sustains Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopter production and remanufacturing, providing … aircraft. In addition to continued F-35B/C Lightning II, CH-53K King Stallion and MQ-25A Stingray procurement, this … include examples of the AH-1Z Viper, VH-3D Sea King, CH-53E Super Stallion, MH-53E Sea Dragon, TH-57B/C Sea Ranger …

By Jon Lake 8th September 2023

… Chinook HC5/HC6s and air/ground crews from the RAF’s No 27 … is unimaginable in the UK’s climate, while pushing the Chinook to the edge of its operating envelope. The California … survival training. The hot-and-high environment places the Chinook at the edge of its operating envelope and creates a …

By Tom Kaminski 20th February 2024

… will be reinvested in the purchase of new UH-60Ms, CH-47F Block II Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters and the … axes FARA and UH-60V upgrade in favour of more UH-60Ms, CH-47Fs …