Boeing CH-47 Chinook
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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift h
A U.S. Army CH-47F in 2017
CH-47 carries a howitzer, 1970
HC-1B during in-flight evaluation
A Chinook with its rear ramp lowered
The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol followin
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
…too heavy for the assault missions and too light for transport purposes. While the YHC-1A would be improved and adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps as the CH-46 Sea Knight, the Army sought a heavier transport helicopter and ordered an enlarged derivative of the V-107 with the Vertol designation Model 114. Initially…
A US Marine Corps CH-46 of HMM-364 flies over Huntington Beach, California, in October 2011.
V-107 prototype in 1961
HH-46D of the Navy resupplies USS Tripoli during a VERTREP, 1994
Formation of HH-46Es, used for search and rescue