CH-47 Chinook

CH-47 Chinook of the Hellenic (Greek) Army.

Athens – Greece.

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a multi-mission, heavy-lift transport helicopter. Its primary mission is to move troops, artillery, ammunition, fuel, water, barrier materials, supplies and equipment on the battlefield. Its secondary missions include medical evacuation, disaster relief, search and rescue, aircraft recovery, fire fighting, parachute drops, heavy construction and civil development.
Chinook helicopters were introduced in 1962 as the CH-47 Chinook, and were deployed in Vietnam. A central element in the Gulf War, they continue to be the standard for the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Hellenic Navy helicopters

S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk of the Hellenic Navy.
Athens, Greece – April 2009.

The Aegean Hawk helicopter is the Greek military variant of the Seahawk.
The S-70B-6 is a blend of the SH-60B Seahawk and the SH-60F Oceanhawk.
The Sikorsky SH-60 / MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission Navy helicopter based on the airframe of the Army UH-60 Black Hawk.
The Seahawk helicopter is able to deploy aboard any air-capable frigate, destroyer, cruiser, fast combat support ship, amphibious assault ship or aircraft carrier.It can handle anti-submarine warfare, undersea warfare, anti-surface warfare, naval special warfare, combat search and rescue (SAR), vertical replenishment and medical evacuation.



Agusta-Bell AB 212 helicopter of the Hellenic Navy.
Athens, Greece – April 2009.

The AB 212 helicopter is a military utility transport version of the Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, built under license in Italy by Agusta. The AB 212ASW is the anti-submarine warfare, anti-shipping version.


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