Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation (5th, 159th) Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., brought four CH-47 Chinook helicopters to support training in the ...

On September 21, 1961, Boeing conducted the first flight of a very strange contraption that would come to be known as the CH-47 Chinook. The helicopter thus turned 60 earlier this week, but the moment ...

For more than 60 years, the CH-47 Chinook has supported U.S. military and humanitarian operations across the globe, responding to emergent needs and remaining an effective platform for evolving ...

The US Army believes it is feasible to upgrade its fleet of Boeing CH-47 Chinooks with the GE Aviation T408 turboshaft engine. That is the service’s conclusion after seven months of flight testing the ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces have placed an order for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) transport helicopters, ...

The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract for its CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The award has been offered by the Army contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL. Valued at $127.5 ...

Compilation video of the U.S. Army's CH-47F Chinook, the world's fastest military transport helicopter (as of 2017) with a maximum speed of 315 km/hr (196 mph). The CH-47F is powered by two Lycoming ...

In 1962, Boeing introduced the CH-47 Chinook, that funky-looking, tandem-rotor heavy lift machine we are so used to see flying over the battlefields of America’s wars. It’s quite an old breed of ...

The Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor, medium/heavy-lift transport helicopter that first flew in 1961. The current CH-47F production model is powered by two 4,733-shp Honeywell T55-GA-714A ...

The virtually validated wheels are designed to withstand the CH-47’s maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 kilograms. Photo Credit, all images: Carbon Revolution Carbon fiber automotive wheel supplier ...

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by an aircrew with the 5th Battalion, 159th (5th, 159th) General Support Aviation Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., conducts operations Aug. 12, 2024, at Fort McCoy, ...