28-Jun-22 - An USAF C-5M Galaxy delivered to 5th Aviation Regiment at RAAF Townsville the last 2 of 4 CH-47F Chinooks ordered by the Australian Army in 2021. Australia now operates 14 helicopters of this model #Chinook
17-Oct-21 - Two new Boeing CH-47F Chinook slated for the US Army were diverted to the Australian Army last June. The same happened in 2016 when the helicopters were delivered within 120 days of order #chinook
02-Aug-21 - USAF 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Galaxy cargo aircraft from Dover AFB delivered two CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Australian Army Aviation. #Chinook
01-May-21 - US State Dept approved Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 4 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters from US Army stocks to Australia valued $259M. The Australian Army currently operates 10 aircraft of this model #Chinook
07-Feb-20 - The two Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47D Chinook ended their 1-month deployment for Operation Bushfires Assist flying over 30 sorties #AustraliaBushfires
20-Sep-19 - The Australian Defence Force (ADF) tested the Gastops ChipCHECK maintenance equipment for automated chip analyses onsite of the health of an aircraft’s propulsion system during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 #TalismanSabre
05-Apr-19 - Australian Defence Force has completed all evaluation testing of Kratos’ CH-47F Chinook Avionics Trainer (CAT) located at the Australian Army Aviation Training Centre in Oakey, Queensland #training
26-Mar-18 - Landing Ship Dock HMAS Choules conducted First of Class Flight Trials for the Australian Army CH-47F Chinook marking a significant increase to amphibious capability #Chinook
12-Dec-16 - Boeing delivers the first CH-47F Chinook Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Aviation Trainers (MBRATs) to the Australian Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey