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By Jon Lake 10th July 2023

… 2023, flown by Wing Commander Sjoberg, Officer Commanding 47 Squadron. The second (ZH871) flew home from Akrotiri on … low weights (where it would be more efficient to use a Chinook!), over longer ranges and with higher payloads, then … the medical evacuation role, plugging the gap between the CH-47 MERT (Medical Emergency Response Team) capability and …

By Thomas Haynes 16th June 2023

… Boeing AH-64 Apache US Department of Defense Mon-Sun N/A   CH-47 Chinook US Department of Defense Mon-Sun N/A Airbus …

By Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw 1st February 2023

… technique, or fast descent rope.” ICH-47F The ICH-47F Chinook is a next-generation, multi-role heavy-lift … developed by AgustaWestland and Boeing to replace the 40 CH-47C Chinooks that had been in service with the Italian … Army since 1973. It is a licence-built version of the CH-47F helicopter manufactured by Boeing. The first ICH-47F …

By Tom Kaminski 29th November 2022

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III recently approved the renaming of nine US Army bases and eliminating more than 1,100 other assets that honored the Confederate states that fought against the Union Army during the American Civil War. Tom Kaminski explores what changes will be made in the wake of this decision

By Khalem Chapman 18th August 2022

… Two Royal Air Force (RAF) -operated Boeing Chinook HC5/HC6 heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters … “It doesn’t have a seaport and so we were asked to use our CH-47 to move the equipment and it was a real demonstration of …

By Tim Ripley 7th March 2023

… task force of AAC Apache AH1 attack and RAF Boeing Chinook HC6 support helicopters was dispatched to eastern …

By Roy Choo 6th September 2022

… it is also taking delivery of a similar number of new CH-47F Chinooks. Ten of these ‘Foxtrots’ are being assigned … the unit is an important pipeline for qualified Chinook crew. The remaining six CH-47Fs will go towards … CH-47SDs already operated by 127 Sqn. The enlarged CH-47 fleet could eventually lead to the creation of a second …

By Ian Harding and Kevin Wills 30th December 2022

… Queen Elizabeth (R08) on its initial global cruise. An RAF Chinook HC5 can also be seen in the distance, moments before … notably AW101 Merlins, AW159 Wildcats and Boeing CH-47 Chinooks. HeliOps provides support to the British Army Air …

By Igor Bozinovski 27th July 2022

… technical malfunction) and a pair of Royal Air Force (RAF) Chinook HC.5s. British Pathfinders also took part in SR22. … played by US deployed aircraft, such as US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinook; a medical-evacuation-configured Sikorsky HH-60M …

By Alan Warnes 23rd June 2022

… the latter revealed on June 1 that it had selected the CH-47F Chinook to replace the Luftwaffe’s (German Air Force’s) ageing fleet of CH-53GA/GS Sea Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters . …

By STEPHEN SKINNER 8th February 2023

… a Lockheed C-130 Hercules could not and where a Boeing CH-47 Chinook would be too expensive to operate. On reflection The …

By Dave Allport 29th June 2022

… Galaxy has delivered the final two of an additional four CH-47F Chinooks to the Australian Army . The C-5M (serial … at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, arrived with the two CH-47Fs on board at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base … me manager of Cargo Helicopters at Boeing, said: “The Chinook remains the premier heavy-lift helicopter in the …

By Dave Allport 3rd June 2022

… Germany has selected the Boeing CH-47F Chinook Block II to replace its current fleet of CH-53G Sea Stallions, which have been in service for almost …

By Martin Scharenborg and Ramon Wenink 19th November 2022

… hours on the Bell UH-1 Huey, Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Boeing CH-47D/F Chinook and Sikorsy CH-54 Tarhe/S-64 Skycrane. He volunteered with the Washoe  …

By Alan Warnes 28th June 2022

… multi-role stealth fighter (March 17) and the Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopter (June 1) to … Super Hornet/Growler option. Germany’s procurement of 60 CH-47Fs to replace the Luftwaffe’s ageing Sikorsky CH-53G Sea …