The CH-47F Block II has improved efficiency, payload and fuel capacity, critical for the Army’s heavy tactical lift missions. Boeing announced on Oct. 21, ...

NEWTON FALLS, Ohio - Getting supplies or vehicles to remote, inaccessible locations is a problem that challenges commanders in both combat and domestic operations situations. The Ohio National Guard ...

Students and staff with the 89B Ammunition Supply Course conducted sling-load training with a CH-47 Chinook crew at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport on Feb. 7 at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammunition Supply Course ...

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and a HH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conduct sling load operations in Panama ...

It's not every day Iowans see a military plane flying at low-altitude across the state, let alone two strapped to each other. But on Tuesday, Iowa National Guardsmen sling-loaded a vintage Lockheed ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) -- In an earthquake or other natural disaster, roads get washed out, and it's often impossible to get equipment where it's needed. That's where military helicopters can save ...

U.S. Army soldiers hold on to the cargo during a sling load operations training exercise with a Chinook helicopter, Feb. 9, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Germany is in line to buy 60 of the ...