A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47D with loading ramp lowered and two underslung containers comes in to offload troops, vehicles and supplies at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea in March 2008.
Role Transport helicopter
National origin United States
Manufacturer Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
First flight 21 September 1961
Introduction 1962
Status In service
Primary users United States Army
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Royal Netherlands Air Force
See CH-47 operators for others
Produced 1962–present
Number built over 1,179[1]
Unit cost $35 million (2008) average[2]
Developed from Vertol Model 107
Variants Boeing Chinook (UK variants) Upload.wikimedia.org
A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47D with loading ramp lowered and two underslung containers comes in to offload troops, vehicles and supplies at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea in March 2008.
Role Transport helicopter
National origin United States
Manufacturer Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
First flight 21 September 1961
Introduction 1962
Status In service
Primary users United States Army
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Royal Netherlands Air Force
See CH-47 operators for others
Produced 1962–present
Number built over 1,179[1]
Unit cost $35 million (2008) average[2]
Developed from Vertol Model 107
Variants Boeing Chinook (UK variants)
Upload.wikimedia.org