Stand-To!- Chinook Cargo Helicopter (CH-47)-May 30, 2006 (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tue May 30 11:54:23 EDT 2006

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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING

"Because they served and because they sacrificed, America would prove not to
be a fading nation but as (Benjamin) Franklin said, an ever-rising sun." 

Secretary of Defense-Donald Rumsfeld

TODAY'S FOCUS

Chinook Cargo Helicopter (CH-47)

What is it? The Chinook Cargo Helicopter (CH-47) is a twin-turbine,
tandem-rotor, heavy-lift transport helicopter with a useful load of up to
25,000 pounds. The Chinook entered Army service in the early 1960s with a
CH-47A, B, or C model designation. From 1980 through 1993, the early model
aircraft were remanufactured to the current CH-47D configuration. Today, 46
percent of the Army's CH-47D fleet was originally manufactured prior to
1966. As the Army's only heavy lift helicopter, the mission of the CH-47 is
to transport troops (including air assault), supplies, weapons, and other
cargo in combat, combat support and service support operations.

What has the Army done? Key modifications integrated into the CH-47F
include:

* A new-machined airframe,
* An upgraded T55-GA-714A engine to restore performance capability,
* Common Avionics Architecture System,
* Air Warrior, Common Missile Warning System,
* Enhanced air transportability features,
* Digital automatic flight control system (DAFCS), and
* An Extended Range Fuel System II for self-deployment missions.

The CH-47F also incorporates reliability and maintainability improvements
including airframe tuning for vibration reduction, corrosion protection,
digital source collectors, and an automated maintenance program with a
400-hour phase interval.

What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? The CH-47F is
expected to remain the Army's heavy lift helicopter until at least the
2020-2025 timeframe. The total CH-47 program remanufactures CH-47Ds and
Special Operations Aviation MH-47s to the CH-47F/MH-47G configuration and
procures new CH-47F aircraft to meet the Army Aviation transformation full
requirement for Chinook aircraft. Currently on contract for 27 CH-47F
aircraft, first deliveries are scheduled for September 2006.
Continue <http://www.army.mil/aps/06/maindocument/infopapers/45.html#part4> 

For more  <http://www.army.mil/aps/06/15_addendums.html> information on this
and other topics see Addendum J in the Army Posture Statement.

NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY

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WAR ON TERROR NEWS

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<http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/May/060530.htm> ) 

*	U.S. Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq (WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR200605290
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*	Anti-U.S. Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead (NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/world/asia/30afghan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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*	Surging Iraq Attacks Kill Dozens (WT
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<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/30/bush_signs_measure_to
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