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  2. Boeing CH-47 Chinook - Wikipedia

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    The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington state. The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107.

  3. List of U.S. military equipment named for Native Americana

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    CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter [5] CH-54 Tarhe heavy lift helicopter. Tarhe was nicknamed "The Crane", and the helicopter named after him, also called the "Skycrane" is built around a large crane assembly. AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter; UH-1 Iroquois utility helicopter [5] OH-6 Cayuse observation helicopter [5] UH-72 Lakota ...

  4. Boeing Chinook (UK variants) - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A series of variants based on the United States Army's Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the RAF Chinook fleet is the largest outside the United States. [1]

  5. Lionel Richie’s image on a Chinook is a sign of hope for ...

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    The Chinook became famous for the singer’s image and Richie himself met with past crew members. “This is incredible,” Richie said in a 2012 CBS story when he saw the aircraft in person. “I ...

  6. Combat Aviation Brigade - Wikipedia

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    A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.

  7. Germany plans to buy Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to upgrade its military, the country's defense minister said Wednesday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

  8. Flying high: Perry, McKinley JROTC students get ride in ... - AOL

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    JROTC students from Perry and McKinley high schools got a ride on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday, opening their eyes to different careers.

  9. Tandem-rotor aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Single-rotor helicopters need a mechanism to neutralize the yawing movement produced by the single large rotor. This is commonly accomplished by a tail rotor, coaxial rotors, and the NOTAR systems. Tandem-rotor helicopters, however, use counter-rotating rotors, with each cancelling out the other's torque.