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RAF Chinook stranded in field for days after technical problems
An RAF Chinook helicopter has been stranded in a field for three days after making a precautionary landing following a suspected hydraulic failure. The aircraft is being guarded by the RAF in Bere ...
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RAF working to repair helicopter stuck in field
The Royal Air Force is working to fix a helicopter stranded in a field in Dorset. The Chinook, from RAF Odiham in Hampshire, made a precautionary landing near Bere Regis on Wednesday due to a ...
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RAF Chinook 'stuck in the mud' in Oxfordshire after emergency landing
An RAF Chinook has been stranded in an Oxfordshire field after making a precautionary landing because of mechanical issues. The wheels of the helicopter, based at RAF Benson, sank into the mud ...
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UK buys 14 new Chinooks taking the total force of heavy lift helicopters to 60
RAF Chinooks operate in most demanding environments including the Falklands The Royal Air Force is getting 14 new Chinook, one of the most versatile heavy duty helicopters that have seen service ...
Airforce Technology1d
UK confirm tests of helicopter exhaust impact on personnel start
A senior UK MoD official has confirmed that testing of exhaust emissions of in-service helicopters has begun this month.
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RAF using Argentine aircraft from Falklands War.
A senior RAF officer told Mercopress that the rear section of an Argentine Chinook helicopter has been bolted on to an RAF Chinook which had been grounded due to lack of spare parts. And the ...
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RAF Chinook takes supplies to cut-off Cumbrian communities
An RAF Chinook helicopter has flown food and supplies to areas in Cumbria cut off by snow for five days. The aircraft, carrying Royal Marines, took off from Carlisle Airport earlier to aid snowed ...
Oxford Mail23d
RAF helicopter Chinook spotted flying over Oxfordshire
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. It's commonly used by the US Army and the RAF. It has also been used to support logging ...
Daily Express13d
The world's biggest helicopter that costs £20m and can lift a passenger jet
Russia's Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter first took to the skies in 1977 and still far outstrips its more famous American equivalent, the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, in terms of power and payload ...
Salisbury Journal19h
Bulford Kiwi to be restored to its full splendour this year
The enormous but ‘disappearing’ Bulford Kiwi carving on the Salisbury Plain will be refreshed this year, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed ...
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How the Army's helicopter 'Freight Train' trains to get soldiers and their gear where they need to be
keeping the helicopter aloft. More than 25 soldiers with the 359 Transportation Company were transported in a CH-47 Chinook to Wilcox, Virginia to begin their simulated in-country training.