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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Tag: Return to Service
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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Boeing 737 MAX Cleared for Service in Saudi Arabia
Reuters reports that the Saudi civil aviation authority (GACA) “announced on Sunday that Boeing 737 Max planes will be allowed to return to service to and from the kingdom after meeting safety requirements.”
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United to Return Boeing 737 MAX to Service on Thursday
Bloomberg reports that United Airlines is scheduled to resume flights on the Boeing 737 MAX on Thursday, with “a total of two dozen flights” from Denver and Houston. United’s actions are part of the “gradual and so far uneventful return of The Boeing Company’s best-selling plane after a 20-month flying ban.” United is planning to operate 566 flights on the 737 MAX in February before increasing to 2,000 in March. Seven airlines have a total of 3,996 flights scheduled on the 737 MAX this month with another 8,700 planned for March.
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