1 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by an aircrew with the 5th Battalion, 159th (5th, 159th) General Support Aviation Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., conducts ...

The CH-47 Chinook is regarded by many as the world's most iconic helicopter. Dating all the way back to the Vietnam War, the unique tandem rotor design and engines allow this aircraft to fly with ...

While the Boeing Chinook first flew in 1961, it has been constantly evolved and updated. In April 2024, the newest variant, the CH-47F Block II, took its first test flight (it provides increased ...

SALISBURY, N.C. – The CH-47 Chinook helicopter passed low over a small field, the low thumping sound of its rotor blades echoing throughout the surrounding hillsides as it did a slow arcing turn ...

Soldiers rush to mount a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after completing an air assault mission in 2013. Kimberly Hackbarth, specialist Courtesy, 2013 You might not see them, but the night sky around ...

Although not a heavy helicopter, some have compared the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to the CH-47 Chinook and have found the former wanting. But that’s not a fair comparison, seeing as ...

Current iterations of the CH-47 Chinook have an empty weight of around 26,300 lbs (11,930 kg). Fully loaded, they can weigh as much as 54,000 lbs (24,500 kg), making it one of the heaviest ...

On this date in 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, call sign Extortion-17, killing 38 personnel on board. Among the casualties were 30 Americans, ... Special Ops Level Training.

A Taiwanese pilot, allegedly planning to defect to the People's Republic of China (PRC), was reportedly offered $15 million USD to deliver a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to the People's Liberation ...

So, calling the CH-47 a Vietnam-era aircraft is a bit like applying the same label to the Army’s Abrams tank (designed 1972-75) or the Air Force’s C-130 airlifter (first flight in 1954).

But in a footrace, neither the Apache nor the Black Hawk would be able to keep pace with the mighty CH-47 Chinook—a surprising fact, especially given that the Chinook also happens to be the U.S ...

A U.S. Army MH-47G Chinook helicopter lands on the flight deck of ... Army Spec i al Ops Ups Block II Chinook Order; A U.S. Army CH-47F performs a ... full-rate production of the more advanced CH ...