The cover of Aviation Week’s Oct. 21, 1974 issue featured a U.S. Army/Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook medium-lift helicopter demonstrating its ability to transport six interlocked 105-mm. howitzers during ...

Boeing's CH-47 Chinook is one of the oldest and most recognizable helicopters operated by the U.S. Military, thanks to its obvious tandem-rotor design. Besides being known for its striking looks, the ...

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, 2025 two contracts from the U.S. Army, worth ...

The Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor, medium/heavy-lift transport helicopter that first flew in 1961. The current CH-47F production model is powered by two 4,733-shp Honeywell T55-GA-714A ...

An MH-47G Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment approaches a beach during training near Hurlburt Field, Florida, in February 2020. (DOD) Japan has ordered 17 of the ...

The Japan Self-Defense Forces have placed an order for 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks (Extended Range) transport helicopters, becoming the fourth nation to acquire the new Block II variant. On Feb. 13, ...

Boeing is formally offering the latest Block II variant of its venerable CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland. The pitch was announced on 5 September at the MSPO defence show in Kielce, ...

The UK has performed a first test flight of a Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter equipped with a new infrared suppression system installed to boost the platform’s survivability. “By reducing ...