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By Tim Ripley 24th April 2024

… operating in Iraq and Syria. Occasionally, RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift helicopters popped up on flight tracking …

By Khalem Chapman 4th January 2023

… The US Army has contracted Boeing to produce 12 new CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters for the … The deal continues more than 40 years of partnership on CH-47 operations between Boeing and the Egyptian air arm, which …

By Ian Harbison 11th May 2023

… strategic partners in the past fiscal year on the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and P-8A Poseidon. Elsewhere, close co-operation with …

By Frank Visser 6th February 2023

… the first Delta aircraft. In 2013, with the arrival of the CH-47F Chinook and an additional range of duties, the Joint … Falcon. Both personnel of the RNLAF’s No 298 Squadron (CH-47F MYII CAAS) and No 301 Squadron (AH-64D), as a Dutch …

By Khalem Chapman 3rd February 2023

… Luftwaffe’s (German Air Force’s) ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G Sea Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters – which … The first incident occurred on January 31 and involved CH-53GS (serial 85+00, c/n V65-098), which was forced to … fleet: Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion and Boeing’s CH-47F Chinook . However, on September 29, 2020, the Bundeswehr …

By Joris van Boven and Alex van Noije 19th January 2023

… which deployed battalions of Boeing AH-64D Apaches , CH-47F Chinooks and Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks. The Polish … at its Gilze-Rijen base. The ‘home team’ used four CH-47F Chinooks, four AH-64D Apaches and pairs of … Air Operation PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck, D-CPDC (c/n AJE003-47) carried out casualty evacuation from Drachten, while …

By Khalem Chapman 9th December 2022

… for the possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 18 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters , complete … As part of the deal, South Korea has requested to buy 18 CH-47F Chinooks, along with 42 Honeywell T55-GA-714A …

By David Willis 30th November 2022

… and Sikorsky (H-92 Superhawk) for CSAR-X.   Enter the Chinook By January 2005, a draft requirement document had … September 14, 2005, Boeing announced it would enter the HH-47 for CSAR-X. At the time, hot and high performance was an … measures would be incorporated in the actual HH-47 variant not on the airframe used for the demonstration, it …

By Josef Campion 30th November 2021

… A joint flight with both specially painted Chinook HC.6 (ZD984) and Puma HC.2 (XW224) helicopters took … the Puma celebrates 50 years of service whilst the Chinook from RAF Odiham, Hampshire has clocked up 40 years of … and Afghanistan as a medium-lift support helicopter.  The chinook and its unique tandem rotor system commenced service …

By Tom Kaminski 22nd April 2023

Boeing continues to seek customers for its P-8 multi-mission maritime aircraft. However, international sales have already accounted for 30% of the purchases. Tom Kaminski concludes his two-part look at the Poseidon

By Steve Beebee 13th December 2022

The RAF Museum has secured investment from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an extensive Midlands development programme

By Joe Campion 19th October 2022

… capabilities, an order was sent to Boeing for two more CH-47F Block II Chinooks on September 30, worth a total  of … to be built by November 2024. The latest CH-47F Block II Chinook is powered by cutting-edge technologies, including … fleet and additional aircraft. Boeing vice-president and H-47 program manager, Ken Eland, said: “Modernising the Chinook …

By Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink 24th February 2023

… the fire. I fought fires in the Army National Guard in a Chinook , but this was the first time by myself in a …

By RICHARD SCOTT 31st December 2022

… advanced threats. Richard Scott reports An RAF Chinook fires flares during operations over Mali in support … aircraft Royal Air Force/Crown Copyright A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter firing flares over Afghanistan Crown …

By Joe Campion 3rd November 2022

… Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) are participating with four CH-47  - equipped with Rockwell Collins' Common Avionics … Aviation Brigade (CAB) which has sent eight Boeing CH-47F Chinooks, eight UH-60  Black Hawks and six AH-64D …