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By Gary Wetzel 4th April 2019

… the SEAL team, callsign ‘Mako 30’, left Bagram in an MH-47 belonging to the 160th Special Operations Aviation … three hours after the SEALs had boarded their first MH-47 — the Chinook approached the peak, only for the crew to discover …

18th April 2019

… repairs. D: Pre-Jan 10, 2019 N/U: US Army/B/3-25th AVN T: CH-47G Chinook S: 11-08832 This badly damaged helicopter arrived at … in situ and a recovery operation began on March 17. Two CH-146 Griffons were flown out to Inuvik on an RCAF CC-177 …

16th May 2019

… evacuating or supplying troops, the three RAF Chinook HC5 heavy-lift helicopters deployed to Gao since last … French Barkhane force will miss the capabilities of the CH-47. French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly recently …

18th April 2019

… HMS Sultan in Hampshire as an underslung load by an RAF Chinook into Marchwood military port. From there it travelled …

4th April 2019

… additional VH-92A presidential helicopters and six more CH-53Ks. The navy and marines will gain 10 F-35Bs and 20 … 11 VH-92A VXX presidential helicopters and 74 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters are in the five-year plan along … Army Aviation procurement sustains Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook remanufacturing and production programs. It provides …

21st February 2019

… and equipment over the vast desert expanses of Mali, the Chinook Force is in a near-perpetual state of providing … Chinook variant, though it utilises some of the oldest H-47 airframes still in UK service. Meant to align the ‘legacy’ … Chinook force with the RAF’s 14 new-build Mk6 aircraft (CH-47F models), the HC6A is effectively an HC4 upgraded with …

25th April 2019

… were mounted by Britain using Hercules transports and Chinook medium-lift helicopters to provide relief to refugees …

21st March 2019

… GR1 version in 1983, however ten years later it became a Chinook unit. Key Collection The Tornado Weapons Conversion …

28th September 2018

… Chinook H-91 has been restored for static display in Buenos Aires. ESTEBAN BREA Boeing-Vertol Chinook H-91 (B- 800/CG.071) was unveiled at the National … of restoration. Originally flying in the US as N37007, the Chinook was one of three ordered by the Argentine Air Force …

28th September 2018

… The crew of an RAF Chinook HC.6A from the Odiham, Hampshire-based Chinook Display Team paid tribute to The Few during a visit … a small but significant step in restoring Boeing Vertol Chinook HC.1 ZA717. Temporary plastic sheeting in the …

By Alan Warnes 18th April 2019

… Hafar Al-Batin. Looking to the future, a large model of a Chinook was exhibited inside the Land Forces Aviation Command chalet. Eight CH-47Ds were ordered in August 2017 and will provide a …

28th February 2019

… 99 Squadron in July 2017 following 15 years supporting the Chinook, Tornado and Typhoon fleets as an aero-system … Operations on 99 Squadron are broadly similar to those on Chinook, as she recalled: “The C-17 can be likened to the Chinook in that it’s always in demand and needed in a certain …

21st February 2019

… news, the TNI AD has announced a requirement for up to ten CH-47F Chinook heavylift helicopters. Among other roles, the …

28th March 2019

… You can fit three Merlin’s in the same space required by a Chinook, which is an important consideration when operational …

By Compiled Tom Kaminski 7th March 2019

… with modernization of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CH-146 utility helicopters. The program will upgrade the … eff ort will be awarded in 2022. The RCAF accepted 100 CH-146s between 1992 and 1997 and around 85 remain in … Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, facility on January 31. The Chinook is the first of 15 being produced under a …