The newest model CH-47F Chinook helicopter produced by Boeing [BA] is meeting the mission and its advanced equipment continue to improve safety and performance, the Army Cargo Helicopter Office project manager said. "In Afghanistan units were flying on average for a five month period, 80 to 90 hours per aircraft per month and still maintaining an operational readiness rate in theater of about 80-90 [percent] on the F models," Col. Newman Shufflebarger said yesterday at a briefing in Arlington, Va.…
Boeing Chinooks Meeting The Mission In Theater, Army Official Says
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