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Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Transport and utility helicopter · Air · Boeing · United States

Wikidata: military transport helicopter family by Boeing Vertol

Operators among the 24: 12
Active, across the 24: 325
On order, across the 24: 60
In service since: 1962

Catalogue entry

Designation: CH-47
First flight or launch: 1961
In service: 1962
Retired: –
Generation: –
Unit cost (US dollars): not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers: Boeing, Pennsylvania, AgustaWestland, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Wikidata classes: aircraft family
Identifiers: Q209613 · factbase.org/sys/XRHQ2YF032 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Variants

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

Nation	Active	On order	Variants
Japan	66
South Korea	55		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47D CH-47DLR, Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F
Saudi Arabia	48		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F
Iran	38		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47C
United Kingdom	36
Italy	21
India	15		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F
Australia	14
Canada	14		Boeing CH-47F
Türkiye	10		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F
Taiwan	8		Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47SD
Germany	–	60	Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47F Block II SR AAR

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

Recipients: Netherlands (26), Spain (18), United Arab Emirates (16), Italy (16), Singapore (16), Canada (15), India (15), United Kingdom (14), Australia (14), Türkiye (10), Japan (9), Saudi Arabia (8).

In the same category, in service within 15 years

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