Indeed, the Chinook saw some of its most intense operations, doing real yeoman’s work, in the mountains of Afghanistan during America’s twenty-year-long conflict there following the terrorist ...

On the single deadliest day in the 10-year war in Afghanistan, 30 American servicemen lost their lives when their Chinook helicopter was shot down. Click the thumbnails to learn more about the ...

The aircraft has excelled in high altitude operations as conducted in combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan ... survivability equipment. With Chinook fleet growth, the 160th SOAR will add ...

The Chinook is an incredibly versatile aircraft capable of transporting up to 40 men or 10 tons of cargo and is providing vital support to frontline forces in Afghanistan. The new Chinook Mark 6 ...

From Reuters: COMBAT OUTPOST PIRTLE-KING, Afghanistan - U.S. Staff-Sergeant ... then reels off the rules here for survival as a Chinook transport helicopter thumps away into the darkness.

The series that reveals what life is like for the Royal Air Force based at Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan. Tragedy strikes as the RAF Regiment goes outside the wire on patrol. The Chinook crew ...