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Boeing Suspends Manufacturing of Chinook CH-47
A CH-47 Chinook in a training exercise
The Defense Contractor Management Agency has suspended manufacturing of Chinook CH-47 at the Boeing’s Ridley
Park facility. Manufacturing has been stopped after a small plastic element has been found in the fuel line.
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a medium cargo-lift versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor helicopter with top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h). Its primary missions include troop movement, artillery emplacement and battlefield resupply. Boeing has exported Chinooks to 16 countries; the largest customers are the U.S. Army and the UK Royal Air Force. The latest model of CH-47 is produced by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
Picture Description: U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) assigned to Special Boat Teams 12 and 20 rig their rigid-hull inflatable boat to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to the 159th Aviation Regiment during a maritime external air transportation system (MEATS) training exercise in the Virginia Capes near Fort Eustis, Va., 16 July 2008. MEATS trains members of SWCC on extending their operational reach by attaching special operations crafts to helicopters for transport to remote locations for further training. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robyn Gerstenslager, U.S. Navy.
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