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By Marco Dijkshoorn 12th August 2022

… dock, the USS Arlington (LPD-24) with four US Marine Corps CH-53E Sea Stallions of the 22nd MEU, VMM-263 (Rein) took … Hava Grüp Komutanlıgı ), visiting from Ankara-Etimesgut. CH-47F Chinooks from Ankara-Güvercinlik provided the …

By Dino Carrara 17th August 2022

… model and the ‘J’ model. It fulfils a niche role that a Chinook clearly can't do and an A400 and a C-17 is a bit too … of your flexibility because there's nothing between the Chinook and the A400. But can the RAF afford to have a …

By Alan Warnes 21st June 2022

An initial glimpse of some of the aircraft on static display at the ILA Berlin Air Show on June 21, the day before the event officially opened.

By Tom Kaminski 15th July 2021

… Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (AVN), welcomed a new Chinook unit on June 22, when Company G was activated at Fort … Known as ‘Varsity’, the company will operate the Boeing CH-47F in the heavy-lift tactical transport helicopter role as the battalion’s second Chinook company. The battalion is a component of the 101st …

By Dave Allport 27th May 2022

… A possible Foreign Military Sale of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters and related … representatives to Egypt to support delivery of the CH-47 Chinook aircraft and to provide support and equipment …

By Tom Kaminski 18th August 2022

… or two AH-64 Apaches; or four UH-60 Black Hawks ; or one Chinook helicopter . Alternatively, it can transport up to …

By Richard Thomas 23rd June 2021

… The UK’s planned fleet of 14 H-47 extended range (ER) Chinook helicopters will be delivered over a tight three-year … start in 2026. With a top speed of 300km/h per hour, the H-47(ER) aircraft will have a range of new capabilities, …

By Richard Thomas 14th June 2021

… has said there are no immediate implications for the RAF CH-47 Chinook force currently supporting France’s …

By Key.Aero 31st May 2022

… retired C-130Js flown by personnel of XXIV Squadron and No 47 Squadron. Two Voyager KC MK.2 air-to-air refuellers are … to comprise tri service representation including three CH-47 Chinooks , a trio of Pumas HC2 from RAF Benson, …

By James Peene 5th April 2022

… The sole surviving Chinook helicopter flown by the RAF during the Falklands … at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. The legendary Chinook HC6A Bravo November is displayed alongside the … to break out, subsequently sinking a few days later. The Chinook fleet along with all the supplies, spares, and …

By Dino Carrara 31st May 2022

… means there will be nothing in the UK inventory between a Chinook (max payload 10T) and an A400M (max payload 37T). Any load slightly too heavy, large or urgent for a Chinook will need to go by A400M. This gap is exacerbated by …

By Richard Thomas 13th April 2022

… within the Joint Helicopter Command. As home of the UK’s Chinook force, RAF Odiham operates three CH-47 Chinook squadrons (7 Sqn, 18 Sqn, and 27 Sqn). In 2018 …

By Josef Campion 28th March 2022

… (MOU) on March 25 to commence a partnership on the H-47 Chinook helicopter for Germany. The partnership was signed in … requirements to replace its current fleet of Sikorsky CH-53GSs. The agreement develops on an already existing …

By Josef Campion 10th May 2022

… maintain a good business rapport, the nation operates the CH-47 Chinook, F/A-18F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler amongst others. …

3rd April 2022

… One of the original batch of 30 Boeing CH-47 Chinooks ordered by the Royal Air Force in 1978, ZA718 , … begins with the Falklands war, when she was the only Chinook to survive Operation Corporate. By a huge stroke of …