Australia receives final CH-47F Chinooks
An earlier example of the Australian Army’s CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter fleet, which now constitutes 14 aircraft. (Gordon Arthur)
Deliveries of Australian Chinooks is now complete, while those of F-35As have now reached 50.
Australia’s final two Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters arrived at RAAF Base Townsville aboard an American C-5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft on 23 June.
With all operated by C Squadron of the 5th Aviation Regiment, 16th Aviation Brigade, the Australian Army now possesses a fleet of 14 CH-47F Chinooks. The newest arrivals join a pair delivered on 8 July last year.
This completes an A$595 million ($444 million) order for four Chinooks that Australia logged through the Foreign Military Sales channel, and which was announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in late April 2021.
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