The CH-47D Chinook is the U.S. Army’s ... An upgrade program exists to remanufacture 300 of the current fleet of 425 CH-47D’s to the CH-47F standard. The MH-47E is the Special Forces variant ...

It was 1988 and the mission was unlike anything attempted before—two MH-47D Chinooks flying deep into the Sahara to steal a ...

The MH-47 variant has been used by the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment since at least the 1980s, when the MH-47D was delivered. It was followed by the MH-47E, the first prototype ...

Now that the US Department of Defense has moved on to MH-47F models, the CH-47D airframe the Protective Group used for designing armor and modifications became outdated.

In short, the MH-47G constitutes the state of the art in stealthy transport chopper technology. The variant was first introduced in 2004 when the SOC ordered upgrades on 36 MH-47D/E’s.

The Australian minister for defence, Stephen Smith, and minister for defence materiel, Jason Clare, have announced that two additional CH-47D Chinook helicopters have been handed over to the ...

The US State Department is considering a potential $80 million foreign military sale of CH-47D helicopters to Greece, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 28 April. Greece has ...

Rockwell Collinswas awarded a $39.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) hardware for a variety of airframes. The contract provides the ...

The Chinook has been the US Army's workhorse transport helicopter for decades. US special operators rely on their variant, the MH-47, for missions at night and behind enemy lines. The Pentagon ...

He was the pilot of a MH-47D Chinook helicopter, and he and seven crewmen and eight Navy Seals died when the chopper was struck by hostile fire and crashed.