List of CH-47 Chinook operators

This is a list of military units using the CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Operators

Past and Present

ARG

;Argentine Air Force
*VII Brigada Aerea "(7th Air Brigade)" received 3 CH-47C (Model 308) designated H-91 to H-93. One lost in an accident in Antarctica. Participated in the Falklands War. In the 1990s were used for fire control. Now retired and airframes preserved.

;Argentine Army
*Batallon de Helicopteros de Asalto 601 "601st Assault Helicopter Battalion" received 2 CH-47C (Model 309) designated AE-520 and AE-521. The first was captured by the British during the Falklands War and restored as Royal Air Force ZH257 and the other was destroyed on the ground by a Harrier strike aircraft.

AUS

;Australian Army
* C Squadron of the Army's 5th Aviation Regiment, Townsville, Queensland since 1995

;Royal Australian Air Force
* No. 12 Squadron RAAF between 1973 and 1989

CAN

;Canadian Forces
* No. 447 and 450 Squadrons CAF originally, disbanded. Canada will acquire 6 CH-47Ds by February 2009, and an additional 16 CH-47Fs by 2013. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/07/helicopters-military.html]

ROC

;Republic of China Army

EGY

;Egyptian Air Force

GRE

;Greek Army
* 1 TEEP/1 Lokos (Stefanoviklio)

IRN

;Islamic Republic of Iran Air ForceEquipped with CH-47C model.

;Islamic Republic of Iran Army AviationEquipped with CH-47C model.

ITA

;Italian Army Aviation
* 1° Army Aviation Regiment "Antares"

JPN

;Japan Air Self-Defense Force;Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
*101 Hikotai

KOR

;Republic of Korea Army
*301 Heavy Lift Aviation Squadron - 23 CH-47D/47DLR in service;Republic of Korea Air Force
*6 CCT/CSAR Squadron - 6 HH-47D in service

LBY

;Libya Air Force

MAR

;Royal Moroccan Air Force

NLD

;Royal Netherlands Air Force
* No. 298 Squadron

SIN

;Republic of Singapore Air Force
* 127 Squadron equipped with 12 CH-47SD aircraft located at Sembawang Airbase

flag|South Vietnam

;Army of the Republic of Vietnam
* 237th Squadron VNAF - Bien Hoa
* 241th Squadron VNAF - Phu Cat
* 247th Squadron VNAF - Da Nang
* 249th Squadron VNAF - Can Tho

ESP

;Spanish Army Airmobile Force (Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra)
*Transport Helicopter Battalion #5 - BHELTRA V (Colmenar Viejo, Madrid) - operates Boeing CH-47D Chinook (under Spanish designation HT.17)

THA

;Royal Thai Army

UAE

;United Arab Emirates Air Force
* Acquired 12 CH-47Cs from Libya in 2003.Fact|date=February 2008

UK

;Royal Air Force
*7 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 5 Chinook HC2
*18 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 18 Chinook HC2
*27 Squadron - RAF Odiham - 10 Chinook HC2

USA

;United States Army Active Duty Units:
* [http://www.campbell.army.mil/newinternet/unitpages/Choppers/ChoppersBlue/choppersblue.asp?uid=154 7th Battalion, 101st Avn Regt] (Heavy Lift) (Fort Campbell, Kentucky)
* B Co, 2/227th Avn Regt 1CD (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas) formerly A Co 2/52nd Avn Regt (Camp Humphreys, ROK)
* B Co, 3/2d Avn Regt (Camp Humphreys, Korea), formerly B Co 2/52nd Avn Regt
* B Co, 2/3d, Avn Regt 3ID (Heavy Lift)(Hunter AAF)
* B Co, 3/82nd Avn Regt (Heavy Lift)(Fort Bragg)
* F Co, 5/159th Avn Regt (Heavy Lift) (Giebelstadt, Germany)
* B Co, 214th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Wheeler AAF, Hawaii)
* [http://www.wainwright.army.mil/49TF/1_52AV/bco.htm B Co, 1/52nd Avn Regt "The Sugarbears"] (Fort Wainwright, Alaska), formerly B Co 4/123rd Avn Regt
* [http://www.soc.mil/160soar/soar_home.htm 3rd Bn, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment] (Hunter AAF, Georgia)
* [http://www.soc.mil/160soar/soar_home.htm 2nd Bn, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment] (Fort Campbell, Kentucky)
* B Co, 3/10th Avn Regt (GSAB) (Wheeler-Sack AAF, New York)
* B Co, 2-4 Avn Regt (GSAB) 4ID (Fort Hood, Texas)
* B Co, 2-1 Avn Regt (GSAB) 1ID "Diesel" (Fort Riley, Kansas)
* B Co, 1-228th Avn Regt "Sugarbears South" (Soto Cano AB, Honduras)

;Army Reserve:
* HHC, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas)
* A Co(-), 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Hood, Texas)
* Det 1, A Co, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Carson, Colorado)
* B Co, 7/158th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Olathe, Kansas)
* HHC, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Eustis, Virginia)
* A Co, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Lewis, Washington)
* B Co, 5/159th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Fort Eustis, Virginia)

;Army National Guard:
* E Co, 168th Avn (Fort Lewis, Washington)
* Det 1, E Co, 168th Avn (Pendleton, Oregon)
* G Co, 140th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Stockton, California)
* Det 1, G Co, 140th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Reno, Nevada)
* C Co, 193rd Avn (Med Lift) (Wheeler AAF, Hawaii)
* [http://www.dmva.state.pa.us/paarng/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=443194 G Co, 104th Avn] (Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania)
* Det 1, Co G, 104th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Windsor Locks, Connecticut)
* G Co, 185th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Meridian, Mississippi)
* Det 1, Co G, 185th Avn (Heavy Lift) (Selfridge ANGB, Michigan)
* G Co, 3/149th Avn (Hookmasters) (Grand Prairie, Texas)
* Det 1, D Co, 2/149th GSAB (Lexington, Oklahoma)
* B Co 2-238 Avn (Peoria, Illinois)
* Det 1, F Co, 1/106th Avn (Davenport, Iowa)
* F Co, 1/131st Avn (Birmingham, Alabama)
* Det 1, F Co, 1/131st Avn (Hunter AAF, Georgia)
* Co H, 1/189th Avn (Helena, Montana)
* G Co, 1/137th Avn (North Canton, Ohio)
* B Co, 2-135th GSAB (Muleskinners) Grand Island, Nebraska
* 34th Combat Aviation Brigade (several companies)
* 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (several companies, including B Co, 2/135th GSAB (Bootlegger), CO ARNG; and a company of the 449th Aviation Support Battalion, TX NG, Austin, Texas

VNM

;Vietnam People's Air Force: captured ex-VNAF Chinooks

Former operators

;AUS;flag|South Vietnam

References

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