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23rd November 2017

… a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the upgrade of CH-47 Chinook helicopters. Under the MoU, announced on October 19, …

15th March 2018

… in the Atlantic. The tests involved two Merlin HM2 and two Chinook HC5 aircraft and a team of 56 aircrew, analysts and … UK’s future flagship prepared to sail from Portsmouth. The Chinook crews included RAF, Royal Navy and Royal Marines … information for types including the Merlin Mk2, 3 and 4, Chinook, Apache and Wildcat. The warship’s Commander Air, Cdr …

22nd March 2018

… the Dutch helicopter fleet After production of the 14 new CH-47Fs for the DHC, Boeing will remanufacture the six CH-47F(NL)s – including this Fort hood-based example of 302 … on February 12–15. New Chinooks The DHC will see its mixed Chinook fleet of 17 CH-47Ds and CH-47F(NL) s transform into a …

5th April 2018

… 2019. Aviation procurement sustains Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook remanufacturing. By FY23, the service expects to … as well as its final batch of 25 AH-1Zs and eight CH-53Ks. The FYDP provides for 198 additional Lightning IIs, …

8th March 2018

… Puma HC1 XW208 (this image) and Chinook HC1 ZA717 (below right) arriving at Newark from … Following the same route on 22 February was Boeing Chinook HC1 ZA717, the first example of an RAF Chinook to be acquired by an independent aviation museum in …

By Ian Harding 22nd March 2018

… at MoD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire and two Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from Odiham, Hampshire, which conducted …

15th March 2018

… IS planning to proceed with a programme to upgrade its 17 CH-47D Chinook helicopters to CH-47F standard. Proposals were announced in 2015, when it …

19th April 2018

… at Balıkesir reportedly harassed a Hellenic Army Aviation CH-47D after being launched from a forward base at Dalaman … of the Ro and Kastellorizo island garrisons. The Chinook was flying at low altitude on its way to Rhodes. In …

19th October 2017

… Duncan Monk ROYAL AIR Force Chinook HC5 ZH902 was seen at MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire on … limited helicopter-borne assaults by the Royal Marines. … Chinook prepares for carrier trials …

By David C Isby 22nd March 2018

… the Navy, include F-35Bs (steady at 20), eight Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters (in low-rate … AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, seven Boeing CH-47F Chinook medium lift helicopters and 50 Sikorsky UH-60 Black …

By NIGEL WALPOLE 8th March 2018

… and a willing participant. May-July 1991 RAF Hercules and Chinook detachments operating from bases in Turkey deliver … fields in Somalia. 1993 19 January 1993 The first upgraded Chinook HC2 for the RAF is rolled out at the Boeing plant in … The HC2 is broadly comparable with the US Army’s CH-47D, but with some additional equipment. Going round a …

15th February 2018

… mission in the African state of Mali and will deploy RAF CHINOOK helicopters to aid France’s Operation Barkhane. Until …

By Nigel Pittaway 22nd March 2018

… helicopters, including the Taipan and Tiger and the CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter, so deck training is one of the …

5th October 2017

… Jerod Zuniga A REPUBLIC OF Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 supports relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane ‘Harvey’ in Texas. The Chinook, from the RSAF’s Peace Prairie Detachment, was …

By Ian Harding 22nd February 2018

… 16, 2018. Ian Hardin IT IS hard to believe that almost 47 years after the maiden flight of prototype Westland model … Forces Aviation Wing based at Odiham, along with the RAF’s Chinook HC6-equipped No.7 Squadron. The first Lynx AH9A …