The U.S. Marine Corps retired the CH-46 in 2015, but it's still used by other countries and the commercial sector. In its ...

The CH-47 is the original Chinook helicopter released in 1961, with a few modern upgrades. The MH-47 is more advanced, ...

Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy has expanded the operational capabilities of its CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopter with successful testing of hand-launched sonobuoy deployments ...

The mission capable rates for CH-53E helicopters dropped from 63% in 2009 to 28.5% in 2016, meaning that little more than a quarter of the Corps’ fleet of roughly 147 CH-53Es could fly on any ...

1 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by an aircrew with the 5th Battalion, 159th (5th, 159th) General Support Aviation Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., conducts ...

The new stage comes after acting Navy acquisition chief Jay Stefany performed a program assessment and signed a Dec. 21 memo permitting the CH-53K King Stallion to move into full-rate production ...

A CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) was used to transport the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, from the F-35 Integrated Test ...

The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract to remanufacture Block I CH-47F Chinook helicopter into Block II.The award is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026. Valued at ...