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The latest mainstream generation is the CH-47F, which features several major upgrades to reduce maintenance, digitized flight controls, and is powered by two 4,733-horsepower (3,529 kW) Honeywell engines. [11] CH-47 cockpit view, 2020. An example of a British upgraded version is the HC.4; the first HC.4 first flew on 9 December 2010. [12]
This category includes accidents and incidents involving the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and variants e.g. Boeing Chinook (UK variants)
21 June – Two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force are shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces after straying into Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic airspace. One aircraft is destroyed with the loss of eight lives. The other is damaged; it is later repaired with permission from Soviet authorities and returns to Iran.
Boeing CH-47 / Model 234 Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A. Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing Chinook (4 P)
US Army Reserve/National Guard Boeing CH-47 Chinook 84-24175, c/n M3079, callsign Extortion 17, was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board—25 American special operations ...
July 27: A Dutch Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter rolled and crashed during a night mission in Afghanistan. [189] June 28: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in Kunar province by Taliban commander Qari Ismail, killing all sixteen US Special Operations servicemen on board. The US military said it was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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11 June 2023 – A US Army CH-47 Chinook crashed in Syria, leaving 22 US servicemen with wounds of varying degrees. [251] 5 October 2023 – During an incident involving the United States and Turkey, a Turkish TAI Anka-S combat drone was shot down by a US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon over the skies of the city of Al-Hasaka. [252] [253] [254]