CHINOOK HELICOPTER

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• Background: India had signed a 3-billion-dollar deal with the US in 2015 for the purchase of 15 Chinook heavy lift and 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. 
  
  
• Boeing, the maker of Chinooks, has delivered the CH-47F (I) Chinooks ahead of schedule. The CH-47F (I) was received at the Mundra Port in Gujarat and will be transported to its home base at Chandigarh. 
  
  
• Features: 
  • The Chinook is a multi-role, vertical-lift platform, which is used for transporting troops, artillery, equipment and fuel. 
    
    
  • It is also used for humanitarian and disaster relief operations and in missions such as transportation of relief supplies and mass evacuation of refugees. 
    
    
  • Chinooks have a unique twin engine, tandem rotor design which has become one of the most visibly recognised symbols of the American armed forces. 
    
    
  • The helicopter, which can carry around 10 tonnes of load, will significantly enhance IAF's air lift capabilities.