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Boeing heavy-lift Chinook helicopters

February 14 , 2019 2112 days 817 0
  • India received the first 4 of 15 Boeing Co.’s Chinook helicopters from US at the Mundra port in Gujarat.
  • This helicopter would replace the Russia-made Mi-17 medium-lift helicopters, the Mi-26 helicopters and Mi-35 attack helicopters.
  • Chinooks can carry goods and cargo of up to 9.6 tonnes each. This includes men and machines like artillery guns and light armoured vehicles to high altitudes.
  • It can also offer support during disaster relief, medical evacuation, search and rescue missions, aircraft recovery and parachute drops, according to Boeing.

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