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U.K. Cleared For $3.5 Billion Buy of 16 Extended Range Chinooks

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 19th, 2018

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The State Department has cleared the United Kingdom $3.5 billion purchase of 16 H-47 Extended Range Boeing [BA] Chinook heavy lift helicopters.The U.K. has about 60 Chinooks in its inventory and first bought the helos in the mid-1980s. The Extended Range Chinooks have twice the fuel capacity of standard H-47s. Worldwide, 20 countries have the Chinook in their inventories or on order.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Oct. 19 said it delivered the required certification to Congress of the possible…

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