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    Airframe Family: Boeing-Vertol V-234 / H-47 Chinook
    Latest Model:CH-47D Chinook
    Last Military Serial:85-24346 US
    Construction Number:M3116
    Compressed ID:Boeing-Vertol CH-47D sn 85-24346 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-47C.

    Circa 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 67-18504.

    By January 1972

    Transferred to 147th Assault Support Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    From By February 1972 to June 1974

    Base of operations changed.
    NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii.

    15 May 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 85-24346 as a CH-47D.

    May 1986

    Transferred to 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, KY.

    By 1989

    Transferred to B Co., Varsity, 7-101 AVN REGT, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY.

    From By September 1990 to 1991

    B Co., Varsity, 7-101 AVN REGT Detachment in Honduras serving on TASK FORCE SOUTHERN EAGLE. Flew to Honduras. Relieved from duty in Honduras by the 214th Avn Regt (Freight Trains) of Fort Lewis, WA. The Detachment then deployed to Saudi Arabia to reestablish the Company and completing 7th Battalions deployment to Southwest Asia as part of TEAM BRAVO TASK FORCE 9-101 (Desert Storm/Desert Shield).

    By 2006

    Transferred to F Company, 158th Aviation Regiment, US Army Reserve-Kansas, Olathe, KS.

    To Federal Surpus Property.

    11 September 2019

    Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
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    February 2020


    Photographer: Dave Murray
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