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Strong Interest Continues In CH-47 Heavy Lift Helicopter

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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

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The Army continues to push ahead fielding the latest version of the CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter, the F model, produced by Boeing [BA] with international interest continuing, program officials said. To date, six Army units have the CH-47F, and helicopters are aboard ship heading to Hawaii where the seventh unit, part of the 25th Infantry Division, will field the helicopters, Col. Robert Marion, Cargo project manager, said recently at the Association of the United States Army annual conference in Washington. The…

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