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14th July 2021

… BOEING CONFIRMED the UK’s order of 14 H-47 extended range (ER) Chinook helicopters in June. The helicopters will be … See Richard Thomas’ exclusive, ‘Prime delivery for new UK Chinook fleet’, on airinternational.com for further details. …

By Richard Thomas 20th July 2021

… remanufactured AH-64 attack helicopters; three new-build CH-47 Chinooks; one renewed CH-47 Chinook; five F-15 fighters; seven F/A-18 Super Hornets; two …

By Khalem Chapman 19th July 2021

… but could not effect a rescue. Instead, a Boeing CH-47 Chinook from Mather Air Force Base (AFB), California, was …

By Dave Allport 23rd June 2021

… Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide 14 new H-47 Extended Range (ER) Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters for the … July 2026. The helicopters are the Block II variant of the CH-47 family, which means the UK will become the first …

By Dave Allport 8th July 2021

… A pair of additional Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters have been … 7, after being airfreighted in from the US. The two new CH-47Fs were delivered to Australia aboard a US Air Force …

By Mark Broadbent 15th June 2021

… painted 27 Squadron HC4 ZD984 marks 40 years of RAF  Chinook operations Cpl Tim Lawrence/  Royal Air Force THE UK … UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the “cutting-edge H-47(ER) will be at the forefront of our specialist … HC6 and HC6A); the HC6 is a UK-specific variant of the CH-47F. An MOD statement said the H-47(ER) will have a top …

22nd June 2021

… week, the Air Warrior Podcast team chats through the UK’s Chinook presence in Mali, analysis of the US FY22 budget, and …

By Khalem Chapman 8th June 2021

… Boeing Chinook HC5/HC6/HC6A heavy-lift tactical transport … locations across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. While the Chinook mission to the region is known as Operation Newcombe … of Defence (MOD) announced that the RAF’s deployed Chinook force would remain in the region until 2023, where …

15th June 2021

… DELIVERY OF the first CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the Republic of Singapore …

14th July 2021

… cutting edge technology being developed for the unit The Chinook, seen here during exercises in Lithuania, has been … fleet of three principal aircraft types – MH-60 series, MH-47 series and A/MH-6 ‘Little Bird’ series – and some of the … Corps Forces, Special Operations Command helocast from a CH-47 helicopter during visit, board, search and seizure …

By Dave Allport and Khalem Chapman 16th June 2021

… Afghanistan announced it would receive a number of Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters to replace …

By Babak Taghvaee 8th June 2021

… MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) helicopters and 11 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport rotorcraft have been … in Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany. Its B Company has 11 CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters at Katterbach Army …

By Dave Allport 26th May 2021

… Delivery of the first Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift tactical transport helicopters to the … already maintains a fleet of 16 Chinooks, comprising ten CH-47SDs and six CH-47Ds – all of which are assigned to 127 …

By Dave Allport 1st September 2021

… they also included seven US Department of State Air Wing CH-46E Sea Knights, which had already been disabled, so that … as possible. On August 15, US Department of Defence CH-46E Sea Knights, along with US Army CH-47F Chinooks and UH-60 Black Hawks, flew staff out of the …

By Frank Visser and Ludo Mennes 13th July 2021

… NH90 and the planned mid-life update of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, both of which created a shortage in the RNLAF’s …