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The Boeing Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force. A series of variants based on the United States Army's CH-47 Chinook, the RAF has 48 Chinooks,[1] which is the largest fleet outside of the United States. RAF Chinooks have been widely deployed including fighting in the Falklands War, peace-keeping commitments in the Balkans, and action in the Iraq War. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook Boeing Helicopters is a US aircraft manufacturer, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ...
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1980: Events January January 8 - a Mooney 231 lands in San Francisco, after flying coast to coast non-stop, setting a record by completing the flight in 8 hours and 4 minutes. ...
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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing. ...
Tandem rotor helicopters have two large horizontal rotor assemblies instead of one main assembly and a smaller tail rotor. ...
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The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
Belligerents Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy†Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties and losses 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner...
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Design and development
Chinook HC1 The Chinook CH-47A entered service with the United States Army in 1962. Following the retirement of the Bristol Belvedere in 1969, also a tandem-rotor design, the RAF required a new heavy-lift helicopter and ordered 33 HC.1s in 1978. These aircraft, which entered service in December 1980, were comparable to the CH-47C, fitted with Lycoming T55-L-11E engines. Eight more HC.1s were delivered from 1984 to 1986 with the CH-47D's Lycoming T55-L-712 turboshafts. The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...
The Bristol Type 192 Belvedere twin-blade helicopter The Bristol Type 192 Belvedere is a twin-engined, tandem rotor helicopter designed for a variety of transport roles including troop transport, supply dropping and casualty evacuation. ...
The replacement of the HC1's metal rotor blades with glass fibre rotors saw these aircraft designated Chinook HC1Bs.
Chinook HC2 The US Army's next generation Chinook, the CH-47D, entered service in 1982. Improvements from the CH-47C included upgraded engines, fibreglass rotor blades, a redesigned cockpit to reduce pilot workload, redundant and improved electrical systems, an advanced flight control system (FCS) and improved avionics. The RAF returned their original HC1s to Boeing for remanufacture to CH-47D standard, the first of which returned to the UK in 1993. Three additional HC.2s were ordered with delivery beginning in 1995.
Six further Chinooks were ordered in 1995 as Chinook HC2As. The main difference in these and the standard HC2 was the strengthening of the front fuselage to allow the fitting of an aerial refueling probe in future. Boom and receptacle: USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, two F-15s (twin fins) and two F-16s, on an aerial refueling training mission IAF Il-76 MD refueling two Mirage 2000 fighter jets German Luftwaffe Airbus A310 MRTT ready for refueling, shown at the Paris Air Show 2007 Aerial refueling, also...
Chinook HC3 Eight Chinook HC3s were ordered in 1995 as dedicated special forces helicopters. By 2007 the helicopters were still to enter service. The procurement was described by the Edward Leigh, then Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, "as one of the most incompetent procurements of all time."[2] For other uses, see Special forces (disambiguation). ...
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The HC3s were to be effectively low-cost variants of the US Army's SF Chinook, the MH-47E. The HC3s would include improved range, night vision sensors and navigation capability. The eight aircraft were to cost £259 million and the forecast in-service date (ISD) was November 1998 (defined as delivery of the first six aircraft). The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
Air Forces Monthly reported in November 2006 that The Defence Aviation Repair Agency will likely receive a contract to install the Thales "TopDeck" avionics system on the Chinook HC3s.[3] If and when the HC3s enter service they will join 7 Squadron at RAF Odiham. Air Forces Monthly is a military aviation magazine published by Key Publishing, based in Stamford, United Kingdom. ...
The Defence Aviation Repair Agency, better known as DARA, is an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, responsible for the maintenance and repair of Royal Air Force and the Royal Navys aircraft. ...
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RAF Odiham crest RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic small town of Odiham in Hampshire, England. ...
The MOD announced in March 2007 that work would begin immediately in converting the helicopters from special forces support to battlefield support helicopters. The programme is estimated to cost £50-60 million and will make the aircraft available within the next 2 years.[4]
Operational history RAF Chinooks were widely deployed, serving in Operation Corporate (Falklands War). Operation Corporate was the codename given to the 1982 British military involvement in the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. ...
Belligerents Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy†Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties and losses 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner...
Whilst the RAF has many types of helicopters in active service, the Chinook has proven itself one of the most effective. One particular example, serial ZA718 (Boeing construction number B-849) and also known by its original squadron code 'Bravo November', has seen action in every major operation the RAF has been deployed to in the helicopter's 25-year service life.
Bravo November went to the Falkland Islands in 1982 to spearhead the British landings there along with three other Chinooks. However, the container ship they were being transported on - the Atlantic Conveyor - was attacked on 25 May 1982 by an Argentine Navy Dassault Super Étendard with an Exocet sea-skimming missile. Although the rest of the aircraft were destroyed, Bravo November was airborne on an engineering test flight at the time of the attack. Having survived the destruction of the ship, it managed to make it safely to the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and was nicknamed The Survivor. The Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship that was requisitioned during the Falklands War and sunk by an Exocet missile. ...
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The Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada de la República Argentina, ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ...
The Dassault Super Étendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter in service with the French and Argentine Navy. ...
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. ...
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology: The first Hermes was a converted cruiser that was used as an experimental seaplane tender by the Royal Naval Air Service shortly before World War I. She was sunk by a...
The merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor was sunk during the Falklands War along with its cargo of three Chinook HC1s of 18 Squadron and six Wessex helicopters of 848 Naval Air Squadron D Flight and all the second line repair and maintenance support equipment and stores. One Argentine CH-47C was captured during the war and placed in RAF service as an HC2.[citation needed] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Merchant Navy. ...
The Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship that was requisitioned during the Falklands War and sunk by an Exocet missile. ...
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Museum exhibit Westland Wessex The Westland Wessex is a turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58 Choctaw, developed under license by Westland Aircraft, initially for the Royal Navy, but later for the RAF. The Wessex was built at Westlands factory at Yeovil in Somerset. ...
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Later in the conflict ZA718 ran into trouble during a night mission transporting guns to the SAS when pilot Squadron Leader Dick Langworthy, unable to see clearly through a thick snow shower, hit the sea at around 100 knots (175 km/h) due to a faulty altimeter, throwing up spray and flooding the engine intakes. Fortunately Langworthy and his copilot managed to get the helicopter back in the air. With the radio damaged and unable to navigate, Bravo November returned to San Carlos and a quick inspection revealed the impact had caused little more than dents to the fuselage and damage to the radio systems. See also Australian Special Air Service Regiment and New Zealand Special Air Service: The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. ...
San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. ...
ZA718 Bravo November went on to serve in Lebanon, Germany, Northern Ireland, Kurdistan and Iraq, being the first British helicopter to land Royal Marines ashore in Iraq. ZA718 was the first RAF Chinook to be converted to Chinook HC2 standard in 1993/94. Two pilots of ZA718 have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
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The Royal Marines (RM) are the marines and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service [2]. They are also the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in mountain and Arctic warfare. ...
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Two Chinooks were maintained as part of the Falklands Garrison but were later moved to Afghanistan. A British joint-forces flag used in the Falkands [1] The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and, as such, rely on the UK for guarantee of their security. ...
RAF Chinooks have also served in Operation Granby (Gulf War, 1991), large peace-keeping commitments in the Balkans, the evacuation of Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Operation Telic (Iraq 2003-), and the evacuation from Lebanon. C Company, 1 STAFFS, in a live firing exercise, during Operation Granby, 6 January 1991. ...
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Operation (or Op) TELIC is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted. ...
The RAF's Chinook force also provides more routine support of the British Military, particularly in Operation Banner in Northern Ireland. Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces campaign in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 2007, initially at the request of the then Unionist government of Northern Ireland in support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1972-2001), and later to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
Since early 2006 seven Chinooks have been deployed to Camp Bastion in Afganistan in support of Operation Herrick. Camp Bastion is the main British military base in Afghanistan. ...
Operation Herrick is the codename under which all British operations in the war in Afghanistan have been conducted since 2002. ...
In July 2006, 3 Chinook helicopters of No.27 Squadron deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to evacuate British citizens from Lebanon. The squadron also flew the EU foreign affairs representative Javier Solana to Beirut at the start of the crisis. RAF Akrotiri is one of the few full-scale Royal Air Force stations left outside the United Kingdom. ...
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Variants - Chinook HC1
- Chinook HC1B
- Chinook HC2
- Chinook HC2A
- Chinook HC3
- Chinook HC3A
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Currently three RAF squadrons operates Chinook helicopters, 7 SQN, 27 SQN and 18 SQN with day to day maintenance of 18 and 27 SQNs aircraft being maintained by a joint groundcrew known as Expeditionary Chinook Engineering Squadron (ExCES). This is a list of military units using the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. ...
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When deployed the detachment of 18 / 27 SQN aircrew and ExCES groundcrew is known as 1310 Flight.
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On 2 June 1994 at about 18:00 hours a Royal Air Force (RAF) Chinook helicopter ZD576 (callsign F4J40), carrying almost all the United Kingdoms (UK) senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all on board: 25 passengers and 4 crew members. ...
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Specifications (Chinook)
General characteristics - Crew: 3-4 (pilot, copilot, one or two air loadmasters - depending on aircraft role)
- Length: 30.1 m (98 ft 9 in)
- Rotor diameter: 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
- Height: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
- Empty weight: 10,185 kg (22,450 lb)
- Loaded weight: 12,100 kg (26,680 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 22,680 kg (50,000 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Honeywell T55-L-712 turboshafts, 2,800 kW (3,750 hp) each
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Armament A helicopter-mounted minigun operating during the Vietnam War The Minigun is a multibarreled machine gun with a high rate of fire (several thousand rounds per minute), employing Gatling-style rotating barrels and employing an external power source. ...
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Comparable aircraft The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
Related lists April 1, 2004: Sailors from USS Saipan (LHA-2) rush out to unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight. ...
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External links | Piasecki/Vertol/Boeing Vertol/Boeing Helicopters rotorcraft | Piasecki/Vertol helicopters: PV-2 · PV-3/HRP · H-21 · H-25/HUP The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was founded in 1940 by Frank Piasecki as the P-V Engineering Forum, first becoming known as Piasecki Helicopter in 1946. ...
Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook Boeing Helicopters is a US aircraft manufacturer, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ...
The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). ...
The Piasecki H-25 Army Mule/HUP Retriever was a compact single radial engine, twin overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania during the late 1940s and produced during the early 1950s. ...
Boeing attack helicopters: ACH-47A · AH-64/WAH-64 · RAH-66 The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The AH-64 Apache is the United States Armys principal attack helicopter, and is the successor to the AH-1 Cobra. ...
The WAH-64 is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter, for the British Army. ...
The Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche was an advanced U.S. Army military helicopter intended for the armed reconnaissance role, incorporating stealth techniques. ...
Boeing transport rotorcraft: CH-46/Model 107 · CH-113 · CH-47/Chinook HC/Model 234 · YUH-61 · XCH-62 · V-22 April 1, 2004: Sailors from USS Saipan (LHA-2) rush out to unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight. ...
April 1, 2004: Sailors from USS Saipan (LHA-2) rush out to unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight. ...
A CH-113 Labrador practising an airlift from a Canadian Coast Guard cutter. ...
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...
The Boeing Vertol YUH-61 (Model 179), a twin turbine-engined, medium-lift, military assault/utility helicopter was the runner-up of a United States Army competition in the mid 1970s to replace the UH-1 Huey family. ...
The Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Model 301) was a three turbine-engined, heavy-lift helicopter project for the United States Army. ...
The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multimission, military tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing capability (STOL). ...
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