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By Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink 15th June 2017

… two pilots. Austria has sent the Alouette III; Canada the CH-146 Griffon; Germany the CH-53G and UH-1D; Italy the Bell … as many as 50 AH-64 Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks. Today, all US Army helicopters are based at Camp … Additional USAREUR assets, including the CH-47F Chinook, augment them as required, as they did when US Vice …

By Joe Lavery 15th June 2017

… as North American, hence the Apache, Comanche and Chinook helicopters. The original PA-28R-180 Arrow was a …

18th May 2017

… on show included the Bell 206, Bell 214, AH-1 Cobra and CH-47 Chinook – all of which overflew the Imam Khomeini shrine in …

By Kevin Wright 25th May 2017

… Alamitos. A Stockton-based California Army National Guard CH-47F from the 1-126 Aviation Regiment, on the flight line … for up to 20,000 people per day, partially supplied by CH-47F Chinooks. 3 A HH-60G Pave Hawk winches a casualty … area. Heading south, leaving Los Angles, the giant Chinook circled over the former Marine Corps Air Station at …

By Ian Harding 27th April 2017

… participated in Joint Warrior. An Apache AH1 with a Chinook carrying an underslung load. 16 AAB/British Army … at Wattisham in Suffolk equipped with Apache AH1s, RAF Chinook and Puma HC2 transport helicopters based at RAF … deployed comprised Apache AH1- equipped 664 Squadron; Chinook HC4- equipped No.18(B) Squadron and Puma HC2-equipped …

By JAMES KIGHTLY 29th December 2016

… AIRCREW: RAF CHINOOK ARTWORK: IAN BOTT ( www.ianbottillustration.co.uk ) … landing. SACNEIL CHAPMAN/ DEFENCE IMAGERY The Boeing Chinook is one of the most remarkable and successful aircraft … in US Army service when introduced by the RAF in 1980, the Chinook HC1’s work for the British armed forces was typified …

By Ian Harding 25th May 2017

… transition into frontline operations flying Apache, Chinook, Merlin, Puma and Wildcat. … Full Steam Ahead …

13th April 2017

… the airfield to the Aerospace Bristol hangars under an RAF Chinook HC4 from No 27 Squadron at Odiham. The Sea Harrier … operation for which the unique qualities of the Chinook are ideally suited.” PETER R. MARCH … NEWS IN BRIEF …

31st March 2017

… airfield to its new home at Aerospace Bristol by an RAF Chinook helicopter on March 8. To reach its place within the … wide enough for it to fit across, the RAF provided a Chinook from Odihambased 27 Squadron, with support from the …

23rd March 2017

… Force 127 Squadron ‘Stallion’ is celebrating 20 years of CH-47 Chinook operations this year and has painted commemorative …

23rd March 2017

… honours bestowed on individuals for acts of bravery. 1 The Chinook is the now the only heavy-lift helicopter in service … to approximately 140,800 hours. This breaks down to: Chinook 41,000 hours, Apache 49,800; Lynx 19,500; Merlin … I could tell you what a profile for an Apache or Chinook sortie looked like in Afghanistan but for a …

31st March 2017

… and made the 35-mile journey to Port Stanley under an RAF Chinook on January 14. It first arrived on the islands in May …

By Nigel Pittaway 23rd February 2017

… airlift that bridges [our] C-130J Hercules and CH-47F Chinook operations.” However, Air Commodore Richard Lennon, … said the Spartan should be regarded as a ‘fixed-wing Chinook’, rather than a ‘twin-engine Hercules’. He said: “Its …

By JOHN BERKELEY 31st March 2017

… offered to ship the Beaver from Mannheim inside a Boeing CH-47 Chinook as a ‘training exercise’ – which, as a means of …

2nd March 2017

… Resolve’ during early February. The deployment included 12 CH‑47F Chinook, 12 HH-60M and 38 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters …