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A Boeing CH-47 Chinook at Campbell Army Airfield on 7 August 2012 delivering two Humvees by sling load. On 6 August 2011, a Chinook crashed near Kabul, killing all of the 38 aboard. The Chinook was reportedly shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade by the Taliban while attempting to assist a group of U.S. Navy SEALs. The 38 were members of ...
Examples include the unarmed versions of the Mil Mi-8, Super Puma, CH-46 Sea Knight, and NH90. Heavy lift helicopters are the largest and most capable of the transport types, currently limited in service to the CH-53 Sea Stallion and related CH-53E Super Stallion, CH-47 Chinook, Mil Mi-26, and Aérospatiale Super Frelon. [2]
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Boeing's (BA) CH-47 Chinook is currently used by militaries of nations such as the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Japan, South Korea and others. Boeing (BA) Wins $581M Delivery ...
463LMP Capacity AgustaWestland AW101: 2 Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion: 2 Boeing CH-47 Chinook: 3 CASA/IPTN CN-235* 4 Lockheed C-130 Hercules E/H models: 6 Lockheed C-130 Hercules J-30 model: 8 Embraer KC-390: 7 Kawasaki C-2: 8 Airbus A400M Atlas: 9 Boeing 707: 13 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter A model: 10 Douglas DC-8-62: 14 Douglas DC-8-63: 18 ...
The QTR study is one of five designs; one of the five is also a Boeing program, an advanced version of the CH-47 Chinook. [1] During the initial baseline design study, Bell's engineers were designing the wing, engine and rotor, while the Boeing team was designing the fuselage and internal systems. [9] A similar arrangement is used on the V-22.
The operational requirements of the ISV were nine passengers, a payload of 3,200 pounds (1,500 kg), transportable by external sling load by a Sikorksy UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, internal load/external lift by Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter, low-velocity air drop by Lockheed C-130 Hercules or Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft and ...
Larger military transport helicopters, such as the CH-47 Chinook and Mil Mi-26, can also be used to airlift personnel and equipment. Helicopters have the advantage that they do not require a landing strip and that equipment can often be suspended below the aircraft allowing it to be delivered without landing but are fuel inefficient and thus ...