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By Khalem Chapman 2nd April 2020

… RAF Benson, Oxfordshire – are being augmented by a Boeing Chinook HC5/HC6/HC6A heavy-lift tactical transport helicopter … AAC-operated Leonardo Helicopters AW159 Wildcat AH1s. The Chinook and Wildcats are currently operating from RAF … the south of country will be predominantly provided by RAF Chinook HC5/HC6/HC6As – operating from the fleet’s home base …

By Tim Ripley 16th April 2020

… will be announced. The RAF’s support helicopters, the Chinook HC5/6/6A and Puma HC2, remain under the command of … uphold their side of the agreement. Over the past year the Chinook force has been called upon on several occasions to … to extensive flooding around Britain. Since July 2018 the Chinook Force has also had sustain a detachment of three …

By Khalem Chapman 2nd June 2020

… offer, Boeing is also eyeing the country as a potential CH-47F Chinook operator.   Going Unmanned Over the last decade, …

19th September 2019

… Chinook HC6A ZA683 approaches the Whaley Bridge dam with bags of aggregate on August 6. Crown Copyright RAF CHINOOK HC6As were deployed from RAF Odiham, Hampshire, to … the UK. By the end of the first day – August 2 – a single Chinook had dropped more than 300 tonnes of aggregate into …

By Tom Kaminski 5th September 2019

… considering the acquisition of an undisclosed number of CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters from Boeing. The Chinooks would … begun searching for a heavy-lift helicopter to replace its CH-53G/ GA/GS fleet and is considering the CH-47F and the Sikorsky CH-53K. … FRANCE LOOKING AT CHINOOK …

By Ian Frain 30th April 2020

… the US Navy used the Bell TH-13 version of the iconic Bell 47, the Bell TH-1L Huey (based on the Bell 204 Iroquois) and … UH-1Y Viper, the MV-22B Osprey, heavylift Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion and the new CH-53K King Stallion. USCG … Airbus Helicopters Tigre attack helicopter, Boeing CH-47F Chinook, the Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawks and MH-60R Seahawks. …

By Khalem Chapman 3rd March 2020

… absent from the rotorcraft field, routinely managing its CH-47 Chinook and AH-64D/E Apache products and working with Bell in …

By Khalem Chapman and Paul Eden 8th April 2020

… provided the bulk of the helicopter support, employing its CH-47F Chinooks, MRH90 Taipan (NH90) and S-70A-9 Black Hawks, … and the Republic of Singapore Air Force supplied two CH-47Ds, while the Japan Air Self-Defense Force contributed a … Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) 40 (approx) 2 x CH-47SD The RSAF has completed its final tasking and were …

By Yissachar Ruas 19th March 2020

… Combat Aircraft Journal reports on the CH-53 Yas’ur, which marked a half-century of service with the … heavy-lift helicopter available at the time — Boeing’s Chinook — or putting the Yas’ur 2000 fleet through another … between the King Stallion or a combination of Boeing’s H-47 and V-22 tiltrotor. The main issue comes down to cost. The …

By Khalem Chapman 23rd January 2020

… their participation on January 13, 2020, with the CH-47F Chinook and CH-53K King Stallion respectively. Key … Defense, Space and Security in Germany, said: “The H-47 Chinook is a one of a kind platform capable of performing …

By Malcolm V Lowe 1st April 2020

… work, especially after the loss of all but one heavy-lift Chinook helicopter when the SS Atlantic Conveyor was sunk on …

19th December 2019

… Land Forces. Price proposals were requested for the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. As a result of …

19th March 2020

… of aircraft are in ground-running condition, including a C-47 Dakota, a Nimrod, a Victor and a replica SE.5a, which are … being the only examples on museum exhibition in the UK: Chinook HC1, ZA717, and Puma HC1, XW208. The museum holds …

By Khalem Chapman 20th December 2019

… for the  Esercito Italiano's (Italian Army) ICH-47F Chinook fleet.  The contract, worth €50m (US$55.6m), will see … - the powerplant of the Italian Army's Boeing ICH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters.  Under …

By RICHARD SCOTT 29th January 2020

… Centre (ATEC) partnership, involved two Merlin HM2 and two Chinook HC5 helicopters conducting landings at different … the starboard side of the main runway] for both Merlin and Chinook. And where 6 spot is, on the starboard quarter, we … with the US. Queen Elizabeth also played host to a CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Operational Test and …