87-00109

 

 

         

 

 

          D Company - "Cyclones" unit patch, circa 1987
Property of

D Company, 502nd Aviation Regiment

"Cyclones"

Coleman AAF, West Germany

1988

 

 

          Beastmaster unit patch.
Property of

G Company, 185th Aviation

"Beastmasters"

Meridian, Mississippi

 

 

             87-00109, Boeing D model kit number M3228, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 20 September 1988. As of 22 June 1998, 87-00109 had accumulated 1,006.3 D model hours and 5,778.3 total aircraft hours. 87-00109 was a conversion from the original B model Chinook 66-19098. On 1 October 1987, 87-00109 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially scheduled for assignment to the D Company - "Cyclones", 502nd Aviation Regiment, United States Army Europe (USAREUR), located at Coleman Army Airfield, Coleman Barracks, near Mannheim, in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). At some point, 87-00109 was assigned to the Army National Guard located on Key Field, near Meridian, in the State of Mississippi. At some point, and through at least November 2009, 87-00109 was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), located near Aurora, Colorado. As of 8 November 2009, this aircraft was 42.5 years old. As of 8 November 2009, the last known location of 87-00109 was in Aurora, Colorado. Aircraft status: Flyable.

 

 

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