Three Aircraft To Be Built To Validate Technology Advancement For The Helicopters
Boeing will build and test three U.S. Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters as part of a modernization effort that will likely bring another two decades of work to the company's Philadelphia site. A recent $276 million Army contract will fund those helicopters, which will validate technology advancements that will increase the iconic helicopter’s lifting power.
The Air Force has awarded a Boeing contract modification Aug. 4, 2017, to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft for future modification to replace the two aging VC-25A Boeing 747-200 presidential support aircraft.
Recovery Efforts Underway For Three Lost Off The Coast Of Australia
Three U.S. Marines are still missing after the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft they were aboard went down Saturday off the coast of Australia, and the military has shifted from a search-and-rescue posture to one of a recovery effort.
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