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Netherlands wants to buy 11 new-build CH-47F Chinooks

17th May 2012 - 13:02 GMT | by Tony Osborne in London

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The Netherlands Ministry of Defence wants to change its Chinook procurement plans and buy 11 new build 'Foxtrot' models.

In a letter to the Netherlands Senate, Defence Minister Hans Hillen is urging that the government to buy new build CH-47Fs to replace its increasingly elderly fleet of CH-47Ds rather than upgrade those aircraft to the 'Foxtrot' model standard.

Currently the Netherlands has six CH-47Fs on order, the first of which flew in January 2011. These aircraft were ordered to supplement the current fleet of 11 CH-47Ds but will mainly support special forces operations.

The plan was to then bring the

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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