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    Airframe Family: Boeing-Vertol V-234 / H-47 Chinook
    Latest Model:CH-47D Chinook
    Last Military Serial:CN-AL RMoAF
    Construction Number:B598
    Compressed ID:Boeing-Vertol CH-47D sn CN-AL RMoAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Moroccan Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-47C.

    2 September 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 68-16006.

    From February 1970 to July 1971

    Transferred to 179th Assault Support Helo Company.
    Operated with markings: Shrimpboat

    From September 1971 to December 1971

    Transferred to 180th Assault Support Helo Company.
    Operated with markings: Big Windy

    January 1972

    Transferred to 178th Assault Support Helo Company.
    Operated with markings: Boxcar

    February 1972

    Transferred to 62nd Aviation Company.

    October 1974

    Transferred to 180th Aviation Company, Schwabisch Hall, FRG.
    Operated with markings: Big Windy

    23 July 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Greenham Common IAT 83

    Circa 1988

    Converted to a CH-47D.
    New construction number, M3277, assigned to the airframe.

    29 November 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 88-00103.

    Transferred to F Company, 159th Aviation Regiment, FRG.
    Operated with markings: Big Windy

    29 April 2005

    Damaged.
    Suffered single engine failure during operations near Bagram AB in Afghanistan and sustained extensive damage in ensuing hard landing (F Co/159th Avn).

    Transferred to 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, US Army Reserve, New Century, KS.

    August 2014

    To Columbia Helicopters, Aurora State Airport, OR.
    For refurbishment for FMS to Royal Moroccan Air Force.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Moroccan Air Force with s/n CN-AL.
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