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TAPO Programs Aim To Improve MH-47G Chinooks

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Monday, November 15th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt The MH-47G Chinook is one of the special operations aviation aircraft the Technology Applications Program Office (TAPO) is working to improve for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). "Our singular focus is to support the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment," said Col. Pat Mason, project manager, TAPO, at a recent Army conference. "We interface daily and hourly with the customer, focused on special operations Chinooks, Black Hawks and Little Birds." For the Boeing [BA]-produced MH-47G Chinook,…

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