New Delhi: The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine multi-mission, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are to troop movement, artillery, ammunition, heavy construction and civil development, fuel, water, barrier materials and supplies
It is one of the few aircraft of that era – Along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that remain in production and front-line service, with over 1,179 built to date.
