Boeing-Vertol CH-47

Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook
A Royal Air Force Chinook
Type:	Medium-weight transport helicopter
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Boeing Vertol
First flight:	September 21, 1961
Commissioning:	1966
Production time:	In series production since 1962
Number of pieces:	more than 1200

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine transport helicopter ( English for cargo helicopter , CH) with tandem rotor assembly . The counter-rotating rotors make a vertical rotor at the stern unnecessary, so that the entire engine power can be used to generate lift and propulsion. The main missions flown is the transport of troops, vehicles, guns and material. The Chinook was sold to 16 countries worldwide, the largest arsenals are owned by the US Army and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces . Other customers included Great Britain , Egypt , Australia , Greece , Canada , Italy and Thailand .

history

Cockpit of a Georgia Army National Guard (USA) CH-47

The helicopter goes back to the CH-46 Sea Knight and with its typical appearance is reminiscent of the "flying banana" Piasecki H-21 . The CH-46 was not the first helicopter of its kind, but it was the most successful to date. The helicopter developed by Vertol Aircraft Corporation as Model 107 won a tender from the US Army in September 1958, but only went into series production for the US Marine Corps, as the Army was interested in a larger model in the meantime. In 1959, the US Army needed a tactical transport helicopter similar to the CH-46, but larger. Then the CH-47 (Model 114) was developed.

Versions

ACH-47A

The ACH-47A was originally known as the Armed / Armored CH-47A (or A / ACH-47A). In the US Army, where she was in the service, it was known as ACH-47A: US Army - A ttack C argo H elicopter. An unofficial name was "Guns A Go-Go". Four CH-47A helicopters were converted into combat helicopters by Boeing Vertol in late 1965 . Three were assigned to the 53rd Aviation Detachment in South Vietnam, where they were tested, while the fourth remained in the United States for weapons testing. In 1966, the 53rd Aviation Detachment was renamed 1st Aviation Detachment (Provisional) and subordinated to the 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) . In 1968 only one of the four ACH-47A was still operational and logistical and economic considerations spoke against the modification of further CH-47A in ACH-47A. The machines were gradually brought back to the United States, regardless of the condition. It is known that in 1970 there was still a "Guns A Go-Go" in Vietnam: the "Easy Money" was largely scrapped in Phu Loi .

The ACH-47A was armed , among other things, with five 7.62 mm M60D machine guns or five M2HB machine guns in .50 caliber. Two 20 mm M24A1 grenade launchers, two 19-slot 2.75 ″ rocket launchers XM159B / XM159C or alternatively two 7.62 mm M18 / M18A1 machine guns at outstations and a 40 mm M75 grenade launcher of the XM5 / M5 Weapons system (better known as Bell UH-1 helicopters armament ) completed the arsenal of this weapon platform.

The "Easy Money" was restored and can be seen today at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville , Alabama .

CH-47A

The Boeing Vertol Model 114 (Boeing had taken over Vertol in the meantime), then called YHC-1B / YCH-47A (see designation system for aircraft of the US Army from 1956 to 1962 ), completed its first hover with the pilot Leonard La Vassar on May 21. September 1961 in Ridley Park near Philadelphia. In August 1962 the first delivery of the machines, still known as HC-1B, followed to the Army, which they put into service after an extensive test program in the 11th Air Assault Division in Fort Benning. The all-weather CH-47A Chinook was first used in combat conditions in 1966 in Vietnam . The CH-47A was either shaft turbines of the type Lycoming T55 -L-5, each with 1640 kW or T55-L-7 is driven, each with 1980 kW, both from AlliedSignal Engines. The first version CH-47A was built in 439 copies.

CH-47B

The CH-47B was powered by two more powerful T55-L-7C turbines with 2130 kW each. The CH-47B had a truncated pylon for the rear rotor, revised rotor blades and a slightly aerodynamically optimized fuselage. From May 1967, 108 copies of this version were delivered. The CH-47B became the standard troop carrier of the 1st US Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The Chinook could be equipped with two door-mounted and one mounted on the stern ramp M60D machine guns of NATO caliber 7.62 mm. Some CH47 were experimentally armed with unguided missiles, others configured as "bombers" that could throw barrels of tear gas or napalm at bunker complexes of the Viet Cong via their stern ramp . All CH-47 could be equipped with a cable winch and cargo hook. They were especially valuable for recovering crashed aircraft.

CH-47C

The CH-47C (model 234) received reinforced gears, the new AlliedSignal turbines of the type T55-L-11C with 2800 kW each and GRP rotor blades and had a greater range thanks to their increased tank capacity. The CH-47C could carry between 33 and 44 soldiers or 24 stretchers and two paramedics. The first flight took place on October 14, 1967. Like the previous models, the CH-47C was also used in Vietnam. 281 machines (including Agusta license builds) were built for the US Army.

CH-47D

A CH-47D of the Greek Army

The CH-47D took off on its maiden flight on May 11, 1979. It was equipped with improved rotor blades and new engines and was originally powered by two T55-GA-712 turbines. Most D-version helicopters, however, now have the T55-GA-714 engine. With its three-hook system, the CH-47D can lift loads of up to 10,500 kg such as bulldozers and 40-foot containers and transport them at speeds of more than 250 km / h. The payload is about two tons higher than the widely used CH-53 . During airborne attack missions, she often brings a 155 mm M198 howitzer with 30 rounds of ammunition and a crew of eleven to her area of ​​operation. Like most helicopters in the US Army, the Chinook is now equipped with modern avionics and electronics. The CH-47D was an integral part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom . As part of air raid missions, it brought large numbers of troops into advanced positions and supplied them with field rations, water and ammunition. It was particularly effective in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, where high elevations and temperatures restricted the use of other helicopters such as the UH-60 Blackhawk . In combat situations, CH-47 are typically escorted by attack helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache . A total of 635 machines were brought up to date, around 100 of which were newly built. The designation GCH-47D was given to a maintenance trainer for the US Army in Fort Eustis, as JCH-47D test helicopters of this type are designated. HH-47D is the local name of six machines operated in South Korea.

CH-47SD

The export versions of the CH-47D for Singapore and Thailand are called CH-47SD Super D. The first flight of this variant took place on August 25, 1999.

CH-47J

The CH-47J is the name of the CH-47D built under license by Kawasaki in Japan . The CH-47JA version has enlarged tanks.

CH-47F

Model of the CH-47F in the scale 1: 9.3 in the helicopter museum in Bückeburg

The CH-47F (Improved Cargo Helicopter) is a variant equipped with a revised airframe, more powerful engines and modern avionics. This includes the simplification of the fuselage structure with fewer components and reduced vibrations. One of the main components are the two Honeywell T55 GA 714A engines with FADEC , which have been increased to 3630 kW . This increases the range to 609 km. The new glass cockpit has the Rockwell Collins CAAS system with five identical liquid crystal screens, a moving map and a data modem for the link to allied aircraft and ground units. The cockpit crew can use RLV glasses in the new cockpit . A new IFF and digital radios have also been installed. A low-level radar AN / APQ-174A and a Raytheon-AN / AAQ-16-FLIR tower are installed for orientation. For self-protection, the CH-47F has four M-130 decoy launchers behind the engines. This in conjunction with AAR-54 missile approach warning sensors, Northrop Grumman ALQ-162 Shadowbox and ITT ALQ-136 (V) jammers and Raytheon APR-39A radar detectors. The first flight took place on June 25, 2001 and the first machines were delivered from 2006. In September 2007 the modernized CH-47F was officially declared operational by the US Army and delivery to the first operational units began. There are 202 newly built and 262 converted CH-47Ds, a total of 464 helicopters for the US Army. (As of January 2013, 440 have been ordered or are in the ordering process)

A modernized Block II version with, among other things, new rotor blades is in development.

CH-47F (NL)

The Royal Airforce has ordered six helicopters to the variant known as CH-47F (NL) to complement his eleven CH-47D. On December 8, 2010 the first CH-47F (NL) had its maiden flight. These copies will be converted to the status of the 14 Dutch (standard) CH-47Fs, which were delivered later.

CH-147F

With the continued commitment in Afghanistan, the Canadian government ordered around 15 new helicopters of the type under the designation "CH-147F" from Boeing for the Royal Canadian Air Force . The six existing CH47Ds are to be upgraded to the same level in order to have a total of 21 machines. The first helicopters of the new type are expected to be delivered between 2013 and 2014.

Chinook HC.1

The Chinook flew with the Royal Air Force (RAF) since the early 1980s, initially as a hybrid version of the CH-47C and D and was the most modern Chinook version ever when it was commissioned, before the CH-47D entered the US Army a little later Service was provided. A total of 38 copies were purchased. One season, the 18th season, belonged to RAF Germany between 1983 and 1997 . After the conversion to composite rotor blades, they were called Chinook HC.1B .

Chinook HC.2

A Royal Air Force Chinook HC.2

With the RAF the CH-47D flew as Chinook HC.2 and HC.2A in the 7th, 18th and 27th seasons. The HC.2 were converted from the remaining HC.1 at Boeing and ran back again from 1993, with three new builds added in 1995. In the same year, six Chinook HC.2A were ordered, which, compared to the HC.2, were given a reinforced nose to fit a refueling probe. The last HC.2 left the RAF Odiham base for renewed modernization in 2014 (see below).

Chinook HC.3

In 1995 the Royal Air Force ordered eight Chinook HC.3s for use by special forces, also with enlarged tanks. At a total cost of £ 259 million, these helicopters should become an affordable alternative to the MH-47G (see below). However, this turned out to be a miscalculation. The helicopters should go into service in 1998, but due to technical problems they were still only approved for training flights until 2008 and were then converted to the status of the CH-47D in order to be able to use them at all. But they kept the designation HC.3. In the meantime (2008) the acquisition of the helicopter had already cost 422 million pounds, 163 million more than originally planned.

Chinook HC.4

All remaining Chinook HC.2 and 2A of the RAF received a glass cockpit from 2011 as part of the “Julius” project and were designated as HC.4 and HC.4A after the conversion, a total of 38 HC.2 / HC.2A became HC .4 rebuilt.

Chinook HC.5

Like the other older RAF models, the Chinook HC.3s will also be equipped with a glass cockpit after the HC.4 conversions have been completed and will then be referred to as the HC.5, the influx began in March 2017. Eight converted HC.3s

Chinook HC.6

The last British Labor government ordered 24 machines for the RAF to replace the Merlin's surrender to the Royal Navy. The Chinook HC.6 variant of the CH-47F with the basically identical glass cockpit of the older series (changes affect the controls of the new systems such as the Auto-Hoover) should be delivered between 2012 and 2013. However, the plans of the coalition government, which has been in office since 2010, provide for only a first tranche of 14 units including two replacement machines for losses in Afghanistan between 2013 and 2016, the rest may follow later. The first flight took place on March 15, 2013 and the deliveries took place between December 19, 2013 and December 10, 2015.

In 2017/18, the 38 Chinook HC.4 received digital flight controls instead of the analogue ones and have been called the Chinook HC.6A ever since .

HH-47

The HH-47 was presented on November 9, 2006 by the US Air Force as the winner of the tender for the new combat zone rescue helicopter (Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR-X)). The order includes four test models and 141 series machines that are to be commissioned from 2012. The entire program is worth around 10 billion US dollars.

I-47F

A variant of the CH-47F Chinook produced by AgustaWestland in Italy. Its maiden flight took place on June 24, 2013 and the first delivery on October 2, 2014.

MH-47E

The MH-47 variant (prefix M for multi-mission) is used for US Special Forces operations and can be refueled in flight. It also has high-speed winches and other improvements. Initially, eleven MH-47Ds were built for special missions, later state of the art was the MH-47E, whose maiden flight took place on June 1, 1990 and a prototype of the 25 plus was built.

MH-47G

MH-47G when transporting a boat

The MH-47G Block 1 is the last version of the multi-mission helicopter based on the CH-47F. It made its maiden flight on March 15, 2004 and had its rollout on May 6, 2004. 70 copies in total, including 62 conversions (35 converted CH-47D, nine MH-47D and 18 MH-47E) and eight new builds.

There are considerations to replace the converted units with new units of a Block 2 standard, initially four Block II were ordered in 2018.

Model 347

The Model 347 was a heavily modified CH-47A that could be described as a "Chinook with wings". It had wings that could be swiveled through 90 ° in the vertical (swiveling around the transverse axis of the helicopter: so that swiveled up the underside of the wings points to the front and the upper side of the wings to the rear) with an area of ​​31.58 m² and Lycoming-T55-L -11 engines. In addition, the hull was extended by 2.79 m and the rear fuselage pylon was increased by 76 cm. The landing gear was retractable. 44 soldiers instead of 33 could be transported with a maximum take-off weight of 24,040 kg and a speed of 315 km / h (196 mph). Only one copy was built, the maiden flight of which took place on May 27, 1970 in Eddystone (Pennsylvania).

Use and incidents

A Royal Air Force CH-47 fires flares over Afghanistan

The CH-47 was for a long time the most important transport helicopter of the US Army and was used in all theaters of war with US participation, for example in the Vietnam War , in the Middle East, in the second Gulf War in Kuwait, in the Afghanistan mission from 2001 and in the Iraq War from 2003. It has been supplemented by the medium-weight Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk since the late 1970s .

On August 18, 1971, a Chinook crashed about 500 m east of the A9 near Pegnitz . She was on a flight from Würzburg to TrpÜbPl Grafenwoehr. All 37 US soldiers were killed.

A serious accident of a CH-47C occurred in Mannheim on September 11, 1982 , when a US Army machine with 46 people on board, most of them from a German parachute club, took off for a parachute jump demonstration on the occasion of the International Mannheim Airship Days. Due to a clogging of the oil nozzles, the synchronization shaft was damaged; this then ran eccentrically and hit the inner walls of the fuselage. The result was an increasing desynchronization of the two rotors with a subsequent collision of the rotor blades and the separation of the rear rotor and other power transmission components from the fuselage. The helicopter crashed onto the A 656 motorway and immediately went up in flames. All 46 inmates were killed. Motorists were not harmed because they could brake in time. → Helicopter crash in Mannheim in 1982

A 234LR Chinook crashed into the North Sea on November 6, 1986 on its return flight from an oil platform to Sumburgh. As part of a modernization, an inadequately tested transmission was installed. Due to the failure of the gearbox, the rotors ran asynchronously and collided with each other. 43 of the 44 passengers and 2 of the 3 crew members died in the crash; 2 people were saved seriously injured.

On June 2, 1994, a Chinook type HC.2 of the Royal Air Force (RAF) crashed during a troop transport over the Scottish peninsula of Mull of Kintyre , in which four crew members and 25 passengers died. In the first report by the RAF, the sole cause of the crash was attributed to the pilots. In the course of further investigations, the retrofitting of the digital engine control FADEC  - especially the software - showed considerable deficiencies. An investigation commissioned by the House of Commons, which after numerous problem areas was canceled after 18% of the code review, resulted in a complete revision of the code. An error in the control system or the engine regulation cannot be ruled out as a possible cause of the crash. At the time of the accident, only a few Chinooks of this type were equipped with flight recorders. The lack of such data makes it difficult to clearly identify the cause of the crash.

On November 2, 2003, a US CH-47 “Chinook” was hit near Fallujah by two Iraqi Strela-2s (SA-7 Grail) . The helicopter crashed and 15 US soldiers died. In June 2005, as part of Operation Red Wings, a Night Stalkers MH-47 Chinook helicopter with eight SEALs and eight Night Stalkers on board was hit by a grenade from an RPG-7 and crashed. All 16 soldiers on board were killed. In spring 2007, CH-47s were shot down again in Iraq after Iraqi fighters had apparently received newer shoulder-mounted anti - aircraft missiles , observers suspecting the Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin) or related models. On May 31, 2007, a CH-47 was hit by such a Taliban missile in Afghanistan and crashed, killing seven soldiers (five Americans, one British, one Canadian). On August 18, 2008, a machine of this type crashed in southern Iraq (west of Basra ); seven US soldiers were killed.

As a result of several losses from MANPADS , a small number of CH-47s were equipped with the Advanced Threat Infrared Counter Measures System (ATIRCM). In the spring of 2010 it was the first system to demonstrate the successful defense against infrared-guided anti-aircraft missiles using laser technology in a real battle. This was a planned ambush in which several guided missiles were fired at the helicopter in quick succession.

On the night of August 5th to 6th, 2011, a CH-47 was shot down by the Afghan Taliban with a bazooka grenade during a night battle in Wardak province . An Afghan interpreter, seven Afghan soldiers and 30 US soldiers from a special unit were killed.

A major disadvantage of the CH-47 is that, due to its design, it cannot land in the autorotation process if one of the rotating blades fails.

Technical specifications

Plan drawing of the CH-47

Parameter	CH-47A Chinook data	CH-47D Chinook data	Data from the CH-47F Super Chinook
Type	Medium-weight transport helicopter
overall length	29.90 m	30.10 m
Hull length	15.54 m		15.84 m
Rotor diameter	17.98 m	18.29 m
height	5.70 m	5.77 m
Empty mass	7,770-8,145 kg	10,185 kg	11,550 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	14,970 kg	22,680 kg	22,688 kg
Top speed	298 km / h	315 km / h	302 km / h
Marching speed	265 km / h (max.)	220 km / h	291 km / h
Service ceiling	2895 m	5640 m	6090 m
Floating height	unknown with ground effect : 2500 m	without ground effect: 1509 m	with ground effect: 1837 m without ground effect: 1675 m
Rate of climb	8.1 m / s	7.7 m / s	9.38 m / s
Use radius	185 km	741 km	approx. 370 km
Transfer range	1600 km	2060 km	unknown
Payload	unknown	up to 12,700 kg	up to 10,886 kg
Engine	two Lycoming T55-L-5 or -L-7 shaft turbines	two Lycoming T55-GA-712 shaft turbines	two AlliedSignal -T55-714A shaft turbines
Max. power	2 × 1640 or 1975 kW	2 × 2796 kW	2 × 3529 kW

Armament

The transport variants are limited to defensive guns in removed doors, windows and the open rear ramp.

Internal (mounted on swiveling rotating ball mounts)

• 2 × 7.62 mm US Ordnance M60D machine guns with several belt boxes of 100 rounds of ammunition each
• 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns Fabrique Nationale FN MAG 60.30 GPMG with several belt boxes of 100 rounds of ammunition each
• 1 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun with several belt boxes of 110 rounds of ammunition each

Armament ACH-47A

The ACH-47A can carry various guns or containers on the side load stations.

Internal (mounted on swiveling rotating ball mounts)

• 5 × 7.62 mm US Ordnance M60D machine gun with several belt boxes of 100 rounds of ammunition each
• 5 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun with a total of 3500 rounds of ammunition distributed in belt boxes with 110 rounds of ammunition each

Fixed armament in the moveable children's turret

• 1 × XM5 / M5 weapon system (children's turret with an automatic 40 mm M75 grenade launcher with 600 rounds of ammunition)

Externally on two stub wings

• 2 × 20 mm M24A1 automatic cannons with 800 rounds of ammunition each
• 2 × XM-159B / XM-159C rocket tube launch containers for 19 × unguided Hydra air-to -surface missiles each ; Caliber 70 mm / 2.75 inch
• 2 × machine gun containers with (X) M18A1 or SUU-11 / A (six-barreled 7.62 mm Gatling machine gun General Electric M134 ). The MAU-57 container has space for 1500 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, an accumulator for the rotary drive of the machine gun and an electronic control unit. It allows you to choose between a rate of 2000 or 4000 rounds per minute.

Users

The following list of military users mainly contains states in which the CH-47 2012 (and later) is in active service; it also only contains the series flown (or ordered) from this year.

 Egypt

Army : 15 CH-47C

 Argentina

Army / Ejército Argentino: 2 CH-47C (all out of service, see also under United Kingdom)

 Australia

Royal Australian Air Force :: 12 CH-47C (all out of service)

Australian Army : 18 , 8 CH-47D (4 converted former RAAF CH-47C, 2 new builds and 2 former US Army CH-47D, 1 lost in Afghanistan), 10 CH-47F (incl. 3 planned reorders)

 Greece

Greek Army : 26 , 10 CH-47C, 25 CH-47D (9 converted CH-47C (CH-47DG), 7 new CH-47D (CH-47SD), 10 CH-47D used ex US Army - the latter ordered in 2014)

 Iran

Land forces : 67 CH-47C (86 ordered, due to the arms embargo delivery stop)

 India

Indian Air Force : 15 CH-47F (delivered 2019/2020, plus seven options)

 Israel

Israeli Air Force : CH-47G (procurement possible)

 Italy

Esercito Italiano : 54 , 40 ICH-47C, 16 ICH-47F (plus four options, supply since 2014)

 Japan

Air Self-Defense Forces : 29 CH-47J

Ground Self-Defense Forces : 56 CH-47J / JA

 Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force : 30 , 8 CH-47C, 7 CH-47D (used US Army copies), 15 CH-47F (long-range) (RCAF designation CH-147)

 Qatar

Qatar Emiri Air Force : 8 CH-47F (long-range), order planned for 2014/2015

Kurdistan Autonomous Region

Peshmerga : 4I-47C

 Libya

Air Force : 20 CH-47C

 Morocco

Air Force : 12 , 9 CH-47C, 3 CH-47D

 Netherlands

Joint Helicopter Command : 33 , 13 CH-47D (seven previously Canadian CH-47C and modernized and six newly built), 6 CH-47F (NL), 14 CH-47F

 Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Land Forces : 8 CH-47F (delivery by 2021, a total of 48 planned)

 Singapore

Republic of Singapore Air Force : 32 , 16 CH-47D / SD, 16 CH-47D / SD (presumed)

 Spain

FAMET : 19 CH-47C, 17 converted to CH-47D, further conversion to CH-47F planned (FAMET designation HT.17)

 South Korea

South Korean Air Force : 38 CH-47D / DLR (32 plus 6 incl. 14 used US Army CH-47D ordered in 2013)

South Korean Army : 9 HH-47D

 Taiwan

Land Forces : 9 CH-47SD

 Thailand

Land Forces : 6 CH-47D

 Turkey

Army : 11 CH-47F (delivery 2016-2019)

Turkish Army: 6

Special task force: 4 CH-47F

Ministry of Defense: 1 CH-47F with VIP equipment

 United Arab Emirates

Air forces: 30 , 12 CH-47C, 18 CH-47F (incoming)

 United Kingdom

Royal Air Force : 73 , 1 CH-47C (ex Ejército Argentino), 41 CH-47C (RAF designation HC.1 / 1B), 3 new and 32 converted CH-47D (HC.2 / 4), 6 CH -47D (HC.2A / 4A), 8 CH-47SD (HC.3 / 5), 14 CH-47F (HC.6), 38 converted HC.6A (HC.4 with glass cockpit)

 United States

United States Army : 744 CH-47C / D / F, MH-47D / E / G

 Vietnam

captured ex- VNAF chinooks

Chinooks are also used civilly in small numbers.

Station locations in Germany

• RAF Germany
  • RAF Gütersloh , May 1983 to March 1993, Chinook HC.1 (18th Squadron)
  • RAF Laarbruch , March 1993 to August 1997, Chinook HC.1 (18th Squadron)
• United States Army
  • Katterbach Kaserne (Ansbach), from July 2006, CH-47D / F Chinook (until 2015 B Company / 5th Battalion / 158th Aviation Regiment , from 2015 H Company / 1st Battalion / 214th Aviation Regiment )
  • Giebelstadt AAF , June 1993 to July 2006, CH-47D Chinook (A Company / 5th Battalion / 159th Aviation Regiment)
  • Coleman Barracks (Mannheim), autumn 1977 to 2012/2013, CH-47C / D Chinook (295th Aviation , later B Company / 6th Battalion / 158th Aviation Regiment , from 1994/1995 only one maintenance unit, this should go to Illesheim move to the Storck Barracks)
  • Finthen AAF (Mainz), 1973 to November 1988, CH-47C / D Chinook (205th Aviation Company / 8th Battalion)
  • Dolan Barracks (Schwäbisch Hall), spring 1973 to June 1993, CH-47C / D Chinook (180th Aviation , later A Company / 5th Battalion / 159th Aviation Regiment)

The conversion of the C series to the D model took place in 1988. In 2011 the first F models arrived in Middle Franconia.

In the rest of Europe, Chinooks were or are stationed in RAF Odiham , Soesterberg or Gilze-Rijen , Colmenar Viejo , Viterbo and Megara .

See also

• List of helicopter types

The following helicopters are competing products:

• Kazan / Mil Mi-26 "Halo"
• Sikorsky CH-53K "Super Stallion" (S-65)

Web links

Commons : CH-47 Chinook  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Information about the Chinook ICH-47F, built under license by Leonardo-Finmeccanica
• Very detailed information on strategic aspects of the CH-47 (English)
• Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinook Source: FliegerWeb.com
• Large model of the Chinook on a scale of 1: 9.3 in the helicopter museum in Bückeburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Boeing set to deliver 100th Japanese CH-47 fuselage. December 2, 2014, accessed August 4, 2016 . 
3. ↑ http://gunsagogo.org/0002/0002/lateNam/aindex.htm
4. ↑ FlugRevue November 2010, pp. 47-50, Boeing CH-47 Chinook .
5. ↑ http://www.army-technology.com/projects/chinook/
6. ↑ Boeing begins final assembly of Block 2 Chinook prototype, Janes, June 27, 2018
7. ↑ Boeing to upgrade Dutch CH-47F Chinooks, Janes, December 15, 2017
8. ↑ Boeing press release - Boeing receives 1.15 Billion Contract for 15 Canadian Chinooks , July 14, 2011.
9. ↑ MoD accused of Chinook 'cock-up' , BBC. June 3, 2008. 
10. ↑ PICTURES: RAF welcomes updated Chinook HC5 , Flight Global. 29th March 2017. 
11. ↑ Final new-build Chinook HC6s delivered to UK RAF, Flightglobal, December 10, 2015
12. ↑ ^{a b} RAF upgrading HC4 Chinooks to new HC6A standard, Janes, July 27, 2017 ( Memento of July 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
13. ^ Website of the ICH-47F at agustawestland.com
14. ↑ Italian Army Aviation receives first ICH-47F. ( Memento of October 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) janes.com
15. ↑ US Army begins process to replace manufactured MH-47G Block 1 Chinooks with Block 2 newbuilds, Janes, March 14, 2018
16. ↑ Boeing to supply four MH-47G Block II Chinooks to US army, Janes, July 12, 2018
17. ↑ Flug Revue June 1972, p. 94.
18. ↑ 44 years ago a US helicopter crashed near Pegnitz - 37 soldiers died - the crash brings back memories of 1971. Retrieved July 31, 2020 . 
19. ↑ AVIATION: Clogged nozzles . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 1982 ( online - Nov. 1, 1982 ). English illustrated report of the crash , accessed September 23, 2009.
    
20. ^ Report of the AAIB
21. ^ Second report of the re-examination. ( Memento of July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 697 kB).
22. ^ Report of the British House of Commons
23. ↑ Laser Saves Helo In Multi-SAM Ambush - David A. Fulghum, Aviation Week
24. ↑ nachrichten.t-online.de , accessed on August 10, 2011.
25. ↑ [ US approves sale of three more Chinooks to Australia, Janes, December 22, 2015 ( Memento of January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )]
26. ↑ Boeing finishes deliveries of AH-64E and CH-47F to Indian air force , Flightglobal, July 10, 2020
27. ↑  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ]  
28. ↑ http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/199/ helis.com
29. ↑ RNLAF starts flying new CH-47F helicopters, Janes, August 3, 2020
30. ↑ [ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated September 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Contract for first eight Saudi Chinooks awarded, Janes, August 25, 2017] 
31. ↑ Singaporean CH-47F helo spotted in Delaware, with registration data suggesting 16 are on order, Defense News, July 24, 2020
32. ↑ EEUU tramita la modernizacion de 17 CH-47D Chinook des Espana, Infodefensa, April 6, 2018
33. ↑ Turkey receives final Chinook helicopter, Janes, July 31, 2019