Japan’s Self Defense Forces have ordered 17 CH-47JA Block II Chinooks. The latest version of twin-rotor heavy lift H-47 Chinook helicopters for Japan will be co-produced by Boeing and Kawasaki Heavy ...

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 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 ...

Japan has finalised an order for 17 Boeing CH-47 Block II Chinook Extended Range rotorcraft, with the US airframer confirming the award on 13 February. “Replacing some of its CH-47J/JA aircraft, the ...

The United Arab Emirates looks set to become the next customer for the upgraded Block II-model CH-47 Chinook. The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of six Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to the ...

An artist's impression of the Chinook in German service. Boeing has now been contracted to build 60 such helicopters to be delivered to the Luftwaffe from 2027 to 2032. (Boeing) The US Department of ...