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| 84-24184 |
| 84-24184, Boeing D model kit number M-3088, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 19 November 1985. As of 28 February 2007, 84-24184 had accumulated 2,970.4 D model hours and 6,959.6 total aircraft hours. 84-24184 was a conversion from the original A model Chinook 62-02137. On 30 April 1984, 84-24184 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially assigned to the 132nd Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC) - "Hercules", Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Georgia. The 132nd ASHC was redesignated B Company, 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment in approximately November 1988. During Operation Desert Storm, 84-24184 flew 120.1 combat hours, while assigned to B Company. In September 1996, 2nd Battalion was deactivated and the unit was redesignated B Company, 159th Aviation Regiment. B Company became a subordinate unit to the 18th Aviation Brigade. As of 5 March 2001, the 18th Aviation Brigade was located at Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was subordinate to the 18th Airborne Corps. The 18th Airborne Corps was subordinate to Forces Command (FORSCOM), which was a major command (MACOM) of 2nd Army. At the end of February 1994, 84-24184 was flown from Hunter Army Airfield to the Port of Jacksonville, Florida, to participate in a practice deployment by surface vessel. 84-24184, along with 85-24338 from Fort Bragg (CW3 Mark Morgan was the Pilot in Command), had the rotor blades removed, were packaged in a protective plastic covering and placed on top of a ship via a large crane. They were then removed from the ship, unwrapped, reassembled, and test flown for airworthiness. Both aircraft returned to the home stations on 3 March 1994. As of 28 February 2007, 84-24184 was 42.8 years old. On or about 28 February 2007, the power train (blades, engines and transmissions, etc.) of 84-24184 was cannabilized for the production of F model Chinook helicopter 07-08034 (Build Number M8034) and the airframe was scrapped. Total airframe time when scrapped was 6,959.6 hours. As of 28 February 2007, the last known location of 84-24184 was at Summit Aviation Incorporated, Middletown, Delaware. Aircraft status: Scrapped. |
| This aircraft was piloted by: |
| CW3 Mark S. Morgan, Pilot in Command / Maintenance Test Pilot, 1994 |
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