and more powerful engines that can handle a 19,500 lb load – nearly twice the Chinook’s original lift capacity. An upgrade program exists to remanufacture 300 of the current fleet of 425 CH ...

It was sling-load-palooza. “We haul it all” could be a Chinook unit’s motto. This 159th Aviation Regiment helicopter transports a rigid-hull inflatable full of U.S. Naval Special Warfare crew.

Throughout last year, aircrew members from the 6th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, ...