Boeing CH-47D Chinook
in
Canadian Armed Forces

Former user of the CH-47C variant, the Canadian Armed Forces bought 6 Chinooks at $292 million from the US Army. Named CH-147D in canadian service ( 147201 / 147206 ), the aircraft were already deployed in Afghanistan and handed over in December 2008. Main base was X-Ray ramp out of Kandahar Airfield.

On August 2009 it was announced that the Canadian government ordered 15 new built CH-47F with deliveries expected to occur between 2013 and 2014

On August 5, 2010 a CH-147 was brought down by enemy small arms fire and immediately burst into flames upon landing 20 km southwest of Kandahar city, Afghanistan. Eight of the 21 people aboard suffered minor injuries.

On February 2011 was announced the five remaining CH-147 are to be sold as Afghan mission ends next June

On May 15, 2011 four soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, when a CH-147 crashed on landing under moonlight in a remote part of Panjwaii district in southern Afghanistan. Five crew and about 25 soldiers along with a Canadian Press journalist were onboard when flipped onto its side

CH-147D Facts and Risks

While employed with the CHFA, the D-model Chinooks achieved the following milestones:
- First flight: December 28, 2008
- Total passengers flown: 90,723
- Total cargo flown: 7,097,989 lbs
- Total hours flown: 7084.5
- Last flight: July 30, 2011