Our Pinnacle Landing Collection

 

 

         
67-18472 conducting an aft gear landing on a pinnacle while delivering cargo in the Republic of Vietnam.

 

             May 1968: A U.S. Army CH-47B Chinook, 67-18472, conducts an aft gear landing to a pinnacle at LZ Tiger while delivering cargo during the Vietnam Conflict.

 

 

         
91-00264, a CH-47D, lands on the roof of a house in Afghanistan to pick up suspects during Operation Mountain Resolve, approximately November 2003.

 

             91-00264, a U.S. Army CH-47D, lands on the roof of a house in Afghanistan to pick up suspects during Operation Mountain Resolve, approximately November 2003.

 

 

         

 

             An Australian CH-47D, tail number unknown, conducts a pinnacle landing while training in the Middle Eastern Theater. Exact location and date unknown, approximately 2003.

 

 

         
An MH-47E Chinook makes a one gear landing. Tail number, location, and place unknown.

 

             An MH-47E Chinook makes a one gear landing on a rock between a hard spot. Tail number, location, and place unknown - if you know, please share it with us.

 

 

         
86-01649 operating in Afghanistan, circa 2002.

 

          86-01649 operating in Afghanistan, circa 2002.

 

 

         
On a mission south of Kandahar, Afghanistan, two CH-47D Chinook helicopters assigned to Company G, 104th Aviation, Army National Guard, from the States of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, conduct an extraction (EXFIL) of soldiers involved in the Hunt For Osama.

 

             Spring 2004: On a mission south of Kandahar, Afghanistan, two CH-47D Chinook helicopters assigned to Company G, 104th Aviation, Army National Guard, from the States of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, conduct an extraction (EXFIL) of soldiers involved in the "Hunt For Osama". Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

 

 

         
91-00256, while assigned to Company G, 104th Aviation, Army National Guard, from the States of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, goes on a mission south of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to conduct an extraction (EXFIL) of soldiers involved in the "Hunt For Osama".

 

             Spring 2004: 91-00256, while assigned to Company G, 104th Aviation, Army National Guard, from the States of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, goes on a mission south of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to conduct an extraction (EXFIL) of soldiers involved in the "Hunt For Osama". Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

 

 

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          The CH-47 - 40 years old and still circling the world.

         

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