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| 8 April 2008: U.S. U.S. Army officials are assessing the cause of engine "rollbacks," or power losses, on the latest-generation Chinooks. Losses of power from the Honeywell T55 engines have occurred both in flight and on the ground. Most incidents involve new Boeing MH-47Gs operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). But one occurred last week on a new CH-47F with the 101st Airborne Division. Boeing and Honeywell are debating whether the problem originates with the airframe or the powerplant. Attention is focusing on the digital electronic engine controller on the T55. The service or manufacturers have yet to launch a formal engineering investigation of the anomalies. |
14 August 2007: Baghdad, Iraq - Five U.S. service personnel were killed when a military transport helicopter crashed during a routine flight west of Baghdad on Tuesday. The crash takes the death toll for the U.S. military to 10 in the past two days. The U.S. military said the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, tail number 89-00171, crashed near its al-Taqaddum air base outside Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, while conducting a "routine post-maintenance check flight". There was no indication whether it was shot down. An investigation is under way. The deaths of the five on board the helicopter takes the total number of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein to at least 3,699. It was also reported that a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, tail number 83-24123, was damaged in Afghanistan on Monday, 10 August 2007, during ground taxi operations. |
| MH-47E Chinook Crashes in Afghanistan |
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| U.S. Army Soldiers jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter [tail number unknown] at McLanely Drop Zone, Fort Lee, Virginia on 7 December 2006. Various units participated in the jump as a quarterly training requirement. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image. |
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WASHINGTON, 9 November 2006 - The U.S. Air Force said on Thursday it picked a version of Boeing Company's CH-47 Chinook helicopter to replace its aging fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search-and-rescue helicopters. |
| Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Sue Payton said the Boeing helicopter offered the best value, based on its range, speed and cabin size, and loiter time. |
| The new helicopter offered a "vast improvement over what we have today," she told reporters at the contract announcement. |
| The contract calls for 141 production aircraft and five test aircraft in a deal the Air Force valued at $15 billion through 2019. It awarded Boeing an initial contract of $712 million on Thursday for system development and demonstration. |
| Officials said it would cost an additional $20 billion to operate and maintain the helicopters over their 30-year life. |
| Click-N-Go Here to read a Boeing HH-47 CSAR-X promotional publication in PDF format. |
| MH-47G Chinook Crashes in Georgia |
| Ten Die in Afghan Chopper Crash |
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| A Better Way to Tow A Chinook? Click-N-Go Here to find out more. |
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| A custom designed ground support device used by military aircraft technicians to remove the transmission on the Boeing CH-47 Chinook troop transport helicopter. The hand operated winch is bolted to a supported beam structure. A system of pulleys and cables provides the mechanical lift to raise the load. |
| CHATSWORTH, California, 20 December 2005: Logistical Support Incorporated, a supplier of precision components and complex aviation systems to the Department of Defense (DoD) and key DoD contractors, announced today that it received an order from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) valued at $465,747. |
| The order is for hoist kits used as ground support equipment on CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The kit contains the necessary tools to safely remove the Aft Transmission from the Boeing cargo helicopter. |
| Bruce Littell, CEO of Logistical Support, said, "This is the fifth and final order for Chinook hoist kits under this IDIQ contract with AMCOM. We are currently working on the fourth delivery order and anticipate completing both orders by August 2006. The entire five-year contract is anticipated to bring Logistical Support contract revenue of $1,615,000. We strongly value our long-standing relationship with AMCOM and look forward to working with them on additional contracts." |
| Guard Chinook Lost In Afghanistan |
| Pakistan Disaster Relief Operations |
| MH-47D Chinook Crash in Afghanistan |
| Guard Chinook Shot Down in Afghanistan |
| Hurricane Katrina |
| MH-47D Chinook Destroyed in Afghanistan |
| A "Flippers" CH-47D Crashes in Iraq |
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| A "Big Windy" Crash in Afghanistan |
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| A CH-47A Chinook (tail number unknown), belonging to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), gets dumped overboard during the final days of the Vietnam War, circa 1975. It is the only known photograph of a Chinook getting dumped into the sea and is a rare shot of a Chinook with the rotor blades folded. |
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A heavy-lift Chinook helicopter owned and operated by Columbia Helicopters Incorporated (CHI) prepares to land the central parlor and final section of the new Mustang Ranch east of Reno, Nevada on Sunday, 12 September 2004. The final section of the infamous Mustang Ranch brothel - the parlor in which the working girls lined up when a customer walked in - was airlifted four miles to the east on Sunday to the new location of the ranch at the Wild Horse Adult Resort & Spa. |
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| TOASTING THE MOMENT: Wild Horse Resort & Spa madam Susan Austin, left, and prostitute "Camille" give a toast as they celebrate the arrival of the parlor section. |
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| An article describing the towing of a water skier by a Chinook. Perhaps this is why the Chinook has the Air-to-Ground Towing prohibition in the Dash 10...Anyone have the original photograph? |
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