Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter 07-08735.

07-08735

Property of

Company B - "Voyagers"

171st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard

Wheeler Army Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii

2011

Company B - "Voyagers", 171st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard CH-47F Fielding Poster, 2011. Click-N-Go Here to view more F model Fielding Posters.

Company B - "Voyagers", 171st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, unit patch circa November 2011. Click-N-Go Here to view more unit patches.

Property of

B Company - "Hillclimbers"

3rd General Support Aviation Battalion

25th Infantry Division

B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General support Aviation Battalin, 25th Infantry Division, F model Fielding Poster, 2011.

Wheeler Army Airfield

Hawaii

2010 - 2011

26 June 2010: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 07-08735 is prepped for preflight by Bruce "Blackwater" Cain at Millville Airport (KMIV), New Jersey. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

   07-08735, Boeing Vertol Tab Number M8735, was a CH-47F helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 23 April 2010. As of 2 November 2011, 07-08735 accumulated 232.4 aircraft hours.

   07-08735 was a new build airframe with all new components installed.

   In November 2010, 07-08735 was initially assigned to B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 25th Infantry Division, located at Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Schofield Barracks, on the Island of Oahu, in the State of Hawaii.

   Beginning in January 2011, 07-08735 was utilized extensively for the next 8 months in the train up of aircrews undergoing CH-47F Aircraft Qualification conducted by members of S3 Incorporated New Equipment Training Team (NETT). The NET Team was under contract from the Project Managers Office - Cargo Helcopters, Aviation Missile Command (AMCOM), located at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, to conduct the worldwide fielding and training for the CH-47F Chinook helicopter.

   In August 2011, 07-08735 was transferred to Company B - "Voyagers", 171st Aviation Regiment, Wheeler Army Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, to support the NETT training of that unit.

   As of 2 November 2011, the last known location of 07-08735 was at Wheeler Army Airfield.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

22 May 2011: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 07-08735 resting on the ramp at Wheeler Army Airfield while assigned to the "Hillclimbers". Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

14 September 2011: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 07-08735 sitting on the ramp at Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI) after it was transferred to Company B - "Voyagers", 171st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, at the end of Summer 2011. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

21 September 2011: The cockpit of CH-47F Chinook helicopter 07-08735 showing the advanced equipment included on the F model version of the aircraft. Five Multi-Function Displays (MFD) are included that give the aviator superior cockpit management tools for situational awareness. Moving map displays, integrated with dual Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Inertial Navigation Units (INU), provide the pilots with precise navigation information regardless of the weather or environmental conditions. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

The following CH-47F Chinook helicopters were fielded to B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 25th Infantry Division, located on Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Island of Oahu, in the State of Hawaii, beginning in November 2010 and used to support the unit train-up. Airframes are routinely reassigned as necessary so there is no telling where there are now.

07-08735	07-08736	07-08738	07-08739	07-08740
07-08741	07-08742	07-08743	08-08765	08-08766
08-08767	09-08064	09-08065	09-08066	09-08067
09-08068	09-08069

The following CH-47F Chinook helicopters were transferred to Company B - "Voyagers", 171st Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, located on Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Island of Oahu, in the State of Hawaii, beginning in September 2011 and used to support the unit train-up. Airframes are routinely reassigned as necessary so there is no telling where there are now.