Defense Daily reports, “Boeing [BA] has received a $240 million contract covering delivery of five MH-47G Block II Chinook heavy-lift aircraft for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC), the company said on Thursday. Deliveries of the remanufactured MH-47G Block II…”
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US Army Returns 59.5% of its Chinook Helicopter Fleet to Service Following Grounding
The Hill reports that US Army spokesman Jason Waggoner said that the service now has 59.5 percent of its Chinook helicopter fleet available to support missions and training after grounding the fleet late last month due to fuel leaks. Waggoner said that “though the number could fluctuate day to day, this number continues to increase daily with ongoing logbook records review and a standard leak-check maintenance procedure outlined in an Aviation Safety Action Message published” September 2.
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