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Originally Posted by damien b
Andrew - i was under the impression that some of the CH-47D's would be modified to F standard, as well as buying new F models, giving us a fleet of roughly 12 Chinooks. I assume that is not the case by what you have stated.
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The White Paper brief says the six CH-47Ds would be replaced by seven new CH-47Fs, so I'm assuming the Ds may be traded in as some kind of deal on the Fs, and possibly put through the F upgrade (which is virtually a re-build from scratch anyway) themselves for the US Army perhaps.