Close-up of the front of a Boeing Chinook HC6A heavy-lift helicopter, on display at Horse Guards Parade, as part of RAF 100 Centenary Celebration

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The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A series of variants based on the United States Army's Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the RAF Chinook fleet is the largest outside the United States. RAF Chinooks have seen extensive service including fighting in the Falklands War, peace-keeping commitments in the Balkans, Northern Ireland and action in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Chinook aircraft, normally based at RAF Odiham, provides heavy-lift support and transport across all branches of the British armed forces, and is supported by the smaller, medium-lift helicopters such as the AgustaWestland Merlin of the Royal Navy's Commando Helicopter Force and the RAF's Westland Puma , based at RNAS Yeovilton and RAF Benson. The Chinook is expected to remain in RAF service until the 2040s

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Horse Guards Parade, London, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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