98-00011

 

         

 

 

             98-00011, Boeing Vertol Tab Number MN076, U.S. Army Tab Number M8001, was a CH-47F helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 17 December 2002. As of 1 April 2009, 98-00011 had accumulated an unknown number of F model hours and 6,363.3 total aircraft hours. 98-00011 was a conversion from D model Chinook 83-24107, which was originally A model Chinook 63-07922. In October 1999, 98-00011 was inducted into the F model program, converted, and initially assigned to the Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), located at Cairns Army Airfield, Fort Rucker, Alabama, for operational testing and data collection. As of 1 July 2009, 98-00011 was 44.3 years old. At some point and as of the Spring of 2009, 98-00011 was re-inducted into the F model production line for upgrade to a full F model airframe. Aircraft status: Undergoing conversion.

 

 

             The following photographs were taken near the ALMD facility at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where the aircraft was painted in March 2006.

 

 

         
CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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CH-47F Chinook helicopter 98-00011 in the new Desert Paint scheme, circa March 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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