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A Closer Look At The Complicated Fate Of The US Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
In April 2019, the US Army decided to stop procuring the CH-47F Chinook helicopter ... options for the CH-47 replacement - a new-generation heavy-lift helicopter. In the last few years ...
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What It’s Like Inside a Waterbomber
A Chinook helicopter makes a water-bombing run over the Palisades on the fourth night of the L.A. fires. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren ...
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RAF working to repair helicopter stuck in field
The Chinook's crew made a precautionary landing following a technical issue The Royal Air Force is working to fix a helicopter stranded in a field in Dorset. The Chinook, from RAF Odiham in ...
Business Insider4y
How the Army's helicopter 'Freight Train' trains to get soldiers and their gear where they need to be
keeping the helicopter aloft. More than 25 soldiers with the 359 Transportation Company were transported in a CH-47 Chinook to Wilcox, Virginia to begin their simulated in-country training.
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CH-47D Chinook
The CH-47D Chinook is the U.S. Army’s primary heavy troop and supply transport aircraft. Originally fielded in the Vietnam War, the CH-47 has undergone a series up upgrades to increase lift and ...