Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...

Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has ordered 17 Boeing CH-47 Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) as part of an effort to ...

The Army has no plans to retire the CH-47 Chinook—which, in multiple respects, outdoes every other helicopter in the U.S. military’s fleet.

In April 2019, the US Army decided to stop procuring the CH-47F Chinook helicopter for ... Will the CH-47 be replaced with the next-generation heavy-lift helicopter? Or will Boeing’s plan ...

keeping the helicopter aloft. More than 25 soldiers with the 359 Transportation Company were transported in a CH-47 Chinook to Wilcox, Virginia to begin their simulated in-country training.

The CH-47D Chinook is the U.S. Army’s primary heavy troop and supply transport aircraft. Originally fielded in the Vietnam War, the CH-47 has undergone a series up upgrades to increase lift and ...

1382 km The MH-47 Chinook and its “E,” “D” and “G” variants are the primary heavy lift transport helicopters for the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.