The CH-47F Block II has improved efficiency, payload and fuel capacity, critical for the Army’s heavy tactical lift missions. Boeing announced on Oct. 21, ...

Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we explore how U.S. military helicopters like the CH-47 Chinook, UH-1Y Venom, and ...

From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, the CH-47 Chinook has carried soldiers, vehicles, and hope ...

For more than 60 years, the CH-47 Chinook has supported U.S. military and humanitarian operations across the globe, responding to emergent needs and remaining an effective platform for evolving ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — A “nickel ride” at Fort Rucker’s flight school was worth its weight in gold for one Army aviation family. 2nd Lt. Scott E. Moore Jr., a flight school student at Fort Rucker, ...

The renewal of the Chinook coincides with a renaissance of the helicopter in the aerial assault role it performed in the Vietnam War. Because of its size, the CH-47 had been reassigned to logistics ...

There are show horses and there are workhorses, and the Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter is definitely a workhorse. For more than 50 years, Chinooks have served as the Army’s heavy lift helicopter, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Boy, has Boeing gotten a good return on CH-47 Chinook design. For half a century, these things have been getting the job done for the U.S. Army and ...

In 1962, Boeing introduced the CH-47 Chinook, that funky-looking, tandem-rotor heavy lift machine we are so used to see flying over the battlefields of America’s wars. It’s quite an old breed of ...