Indeed, the Chinook saw some of its most intense operations, doing real yeoman’s work, in the mountains of Afghanistan during America’s twenty-year-long conflict there following the terrorist ...

As the Taliban advanced across Afghanistan over the weekend, an AP photo of a U.S. Chinook helicopter flying over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Sunday was featured on numerous front pages around the ...

The Chinook is an incredibly versatile aircraft capable of transporting up to 40 men or 10 tons of cargo and is providing vital support to frontline forces in Afghanistan. The new Chinook Mark 6 ...

The programme took Mike into the heart of war as he tested a range of military equipment in Camp Bastion. Mike managed to get ...

The aircraft has excelled in high altitude operations as conducted in combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan ... survivability equipment. With Chinook fleet growth, the 160th SOAR will add ...

A MoD spokesman said: “The Times articles, suggest the MoD deliberately omitted to request cockpit avionic software for the eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters in a bid to save money.