List of CH-47 Chinook operators

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This is a list of military units using the CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Contents 1 Operators 1.1  Argentina 1.2  Australia 1.3  Canada 1.4  Republic of China 1.5  Egypt 1.6  Greece 1.7  Iran 1.8  Italy 1.9  Japan 1.10  South Korea 1.11  Libya 1.12  Morocco 1.13  Netherlands 1.14  Singapore 1.15  South Vietnam 1.16  Spain 1.17  Thailand 1.18  United Arab Emirates 1.19  United Kingdom 1.20  United States 1.21  Vietnam 2 Former operators 3 References 4 Related content

[edit] Operators

Past and Present

[edit]  Argentina

Argentine Air Force

• VII Brigada Aerea (7th Air Brigade) received 3 CH-47C (Model 308) designated H-91 to H-93. One lost in an accident in Antarctica. Participated in the Falklands War. In the 1990s were used for fire control. Now retired and airframes preserved.

Argentine Army

• Batallon de Helicopteros de Asalto 601 601st Assault Helicopter Batallion received 2 CH-47C (Model 309) designated AE-520 and AE-521. The first was captured by the British during the Falklands War and restored as Royal Air Force ZH257 and the other was destroyed on the ground by a Harrier strike aircraft.

[edit]  Australia

Australian Army

• C Squadron of the Army's 5th Aviation Regiment, Townsville, Queensland since 1995

Royal Australian Air Force

• No. 12 Squadron RAAF between 1973 and 1989

[edit]  Canada

Canadian Forces

• No. 447 Squadron RCAF

[edit]  Republic of China

Republic of China Army

[edit]  Egypt

Egyptian Air Force

[edit]  Greece

Greek Army

• 1 TEEP/1 Lokos (Stefanoviklio)

[edit]  Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

Equipped with CH-47C model.

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation

Equipped with CH-47C model.

[edit]  Italy

Italian Army Aviation

• 1° Army Aviation Regiment "Antares"

[edit]  Japan

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

• 101 Hikotai

[edit]  South Korea

Republic of Korea Army

• 301 Heavy Lift Aviation Squadron - 23 CH-47D/47DLR in service

Republic of Korea Air Force

• 6 CCT/CSAR Squadron - 6 HH-47D in service

[edit]  Libya

Libya Air Force

[edit]  Morocco

Royal Moroccan Air Force

[edit]  Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Air Force

• No. 298 Squadron

[edit]  Singapore

Republic of Singapore Air Force

• 127 Squadron equipped with 12 CH-47SD aircraft located at Sembawang Airbase

[edit]  South Vietnam

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

• 237th Squadron VNAF - Bien Hoa
• 241th Squadron VNAF - Phu Cat
• 247th Squadron VNAF - Da Nang
• 249th Squadron VNAF - Can Tho

[edit]  Spain

Spanish Army Airmobile Force (Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra)

• Transport Helicopter Battalion #5 - BHELTRA V (Colmenar Viejo, Madrid) - operates Boeing CH-47D Chinook (under Spanish designation HT.17)

[edit]  Thailand

Royal Thai Army

[edit]  United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Air Force

• Acquired 12 CH-47Cs from Libya in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]  United Kingdom

Royal Air Force

• 7 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 5 Chinook HC2
• 18 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 18 Chinook HC2
• 27 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 10 Chinook HC2
• 78 Squadron - RAF Mount Pleasant - 1 Chinook HC2

[edit]  United States

United States Army Active Duty Units

• 7th Battalion, 101st Avn Regt (Heavy Lift) (Fort Campbell, Kentucky)
• B Co, 2/227th Avn Regt 1CD (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas) formerly A Co 2/52nd Avn Regt (Camp Humphreys, ROK)
• B Co, 3/2d Avn Regt (Camp Humphreys, Korea), formerly B Co 2/52nd Avn Regt
• B Co, 2/3d, Avn Regt 3ID (Heavy Lift)(Hunter AAF)
• B Co, 3/82nd Avn Regt (Heavy Lift)(Fort Bragg)
• F Co, 5/159th Avn Regt (Heavy Lift) (Giebelstadt, Germany)
• B Co, 214th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Wheeler AAF, Hawaii)
• B Co, 1/52nd Avn Regt "The Sugarbears" (Fort Wainwright, Alaska), formerly B Co 4/123rd Avn Regt
• 3rd Bn, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Hunter AAF, Georgia)
• 2nd Bn, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Fort Campbell, Kentucky)
• B Co, 3/10th Avn Regt (GSAB) (Wheeler-Sack AAF, New York)
• B Co, 2-4 Avn Regt (GSAB) 4ID (Fort Hood, Texas)
• B Co, 2-1 Avn Regt (GSAB) 1ID "Diesel" (Fort Riley, Kansas)
• B Co, 1-228th Avn Regt "Sugarbears South" (Soto Cano AB, Honduras)

Army Reserve

• HHC, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas)
• A Co(-), 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas)
• Det 1, A Co, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Carson, Colorado)
• B Co, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Olathe, Kansas)
• HHC, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Eustis, Virginia)
• A Co, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Lewis, Washington)
• B Co, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Eustis, Virginia)

Army National Guard

• E Co, 168th Avn (Fort Lewis, Washington)
• Det 1, E Co, 168th Avn (Pendleton, Oregon)
• G Co, 140th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Stockton, California)
• Det 1, G Co, 140th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Reno, Nevada)
• C Co, 193rd Avn (Med Lift) (Wheeler AAF, Hawaii)
• G Co, 104th Avn (Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania)
• Det 1, Co G, 104th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Windsor Locks, Connecticut)
• G Co, 185th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Meridian, Mississippi)
• Det 1, Co G, 185th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Selfridge ANGB, Michigan)
• G Co, 3/149th Avn (Hookmasters) (Grand Prairie, Texas)
• Det 1, D Co, 2/149th GSAB (Lexington, Oklahoma)
• B Co 2-238 Avn (Peoria, Illinois)
• Det 1, F Co, 1/106th Avn (Davenport, Iowa)
• F Co, 1/131st Avn (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Det 1, F Co, 1/131st Avn (Hunter AAF, Georgia)
• Co H, 1/189th Avn (Helena, Montana)
• G Co, 1/137th Avn (North Canton, Ohio)
• B Co, 2-135th GSAB (Muleskinners) Grand Island, Nebraska
• 34th Combat Aviation Brigade (several companies)
• 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (several companies, including B Co, 2/135th GSAB (Bootlegger), CO ARNG; and a company of the 449th Aviation Support Battalion, TX NG, Austin, Texas

[edit]  Vietnam

Vietnam People's Air Force

captured ex-VNAF Chinooks

[edit] Former operators

 Australia

• Royal Australian Air Force

 Canada

• Canadian Forces

 South Vietnam

[edit] References

[edit] Related content

• CH-47 Chinook
• Boeing Chinook (UK variants)