CH-47 Chinook

The West's premier heavy-lift tandem-rotor helicopter — continuously in service since 1962 and a fixture of troop, artillery, and cargo movement across every major U.S. conflict.

Overview

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor heavy-lift transport helicopter that has anchored U.S. and allied medium-to-heavy vertical lift for over six decades. A single airframe can carry up to 55 troops or lift an M777 howitzer beneath its three cargo hooks, making it indispensable for air-assault, artillery displacement, battlefield resupply, and special operations. The current production standard, the CH-47F Block II, combines a reinforced airframe, uprated Honeywell T55 engines, and a modern digital cockpit to deliver a 24.5-t max takeoff weight and a mission radius of about 306 km. The type is flown by the U.S. Army, U.S. Special Operations Command (as the MH-47G), and more than a dozen export customers.

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