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| Internal Cargo |
| On this page one will find examples of the many different types of internal cargo that the CH-47 Chinook helicopter has transported over the years. If you have a photograph of internal cargo you would like to post on this page to share with others, please send us an email. Many of the photographs shown are of unknown origin, and we lack the details concerning the load. If you know, please let us know so we can share it with others. |
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| The Standard Briefing |
| The Standard Briefing to the passengers is always given before they board the aircraft: |
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| The primary mission of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter is to transport troops, equipment and supplies across the battlefield. Often, the who and what does not matter. Simply put, if it can fit on or under a Chinook, and there is sufficient power available to lift it - the crew will deliver the load anywhere the ground commander wants it... "You Call - We Haul." |
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| Canadian 3rd PPCLI soldiers practice conducting internal loading techniques utilizing U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter 86-01669, assigned to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in preparation for Operation Anaconda. The BV-206 tracked vehicle, at 7 tons (14,000 pounds), is easily carried by the CH-47D and is narrow enough to easily roll on and off its rear ramp. |
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| They say the Chinook can carry everything - including the kitchen sink. In this photograph we see a Chinook transporting a washer and dryer. Buried in there somewhere is the televison, microwave, chairs and sofa. Hey, we like to go in style... |
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| An M-998 (HUMMV), utilized extensively by the U.S. Army, fits just fine in the main cabin with plenty of room to spare. |
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| Transporting Soldiers. |
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| 30 August 2003: Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, fly aboard a CH-47D Chinook helicopter en route to their objective -- a village in west Iraq. The 101st Airborne flew 450 kilometers from its bases in northern Iraq to search five villages 50 kilometers from the Saudi Arabia-Iraq border. |
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| April 2004: Above, 90-00211 transports injured soldiers on litters during the indigent uprising in Iraq. Below, on the next run 90-00211 transports ammunition back to the front lines. |
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| A light wheeled vehicle outfitted with a TOW missile launcher and a crew of three. |
| Honor Amoung Hookers |
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| Middle East Theater, June 2004: An unidentified CH-47D transports a portion of $2,401,600,000 (yep, nearly 2 1/2 billion dollars) destined for use in the "War on Terrorism". For perspective, 2.5 billion dollars would allow the United States Army to purchase 680 CH-47D Chinook helicopters. There were only a total 736 Chinook airframes produced for the U.S. military throughout its 40+ years of service, with 459 remaining in service as of June 2004. |
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| MH-47E Chinook 91-00501 delivers the pace car for the Golden Coral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on 14 March 04. The unit did a "hot infill" of the car before the race and a member of the unit drove it onto pit row. Click-N-Go Here to see more. |
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| SFC Rob Stephens, Platoon Sergeant and Flight Engineer from B Company - "Sugarbears", 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 16th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), Fort Wainwright, Alaska, transports chickens aboard 88-00106 around Afghanistan in 2011. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger version of this image. |
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