Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter 89-00142.

89-00142

F Company - "Big Windy", 159th Aviation Regiment, unit decal, circa 2002.

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F Company - "Big Windy"

159th Aviation Regiment

Giebelstadt, Germany

2003

89-00142, "Daffey's Delight" in Iraq, circa 2003.

2003: CH-47D Chinook helicopter 89-00142, "Daffey's Delight", in Iraq supporting the Global War on Terrorism.

   89-00142, Boeing D model kit number M3296, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 26 March 1990. As of 22 June 1998, 89-00142 had accumulated at least 1,003.7 D model hours and 5,057.7 total aircraft hours.

   89-00142 was a conversion from the original C model Chinook 67-18516.

   On 2 March 1989, 89-00142 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially scheduled for assignment to E Company -"Centurians", 502nd Aviation Regiment, United States Army Europe (USAREUR), located at Aviano Airbase, near Vincenza, Italy.

   At some point, and as of 1 January 2004, 89-00142 was assigned to F Company - "Big Windy", 159th Aviation Regiment, United States Army Europe (USAREUR), located at Giebelstadt, in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

   At some point, 89-00142 was deployed to Iraq with F Company in support of the "War on Terrorism".

   At some point, 89-00142 was deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, while assigned to an unknown unit. While there, 89-00142 was struck by either a rocket or rocket propelled grenade (RPG) on 10 or 11 September 2012. A fire engulfed and destroyed the aircraft while it was parked on the ground.

   As of 11 September 2012, this aircraft was 44.1 years old.

   As of 11 September 2012, the last known location of 89-00142 was in Afghanistan, assigned to an unknown unit.

   Aircraft status: Destroyed.

89-00142 transports a wrecked MIG-21 in Iraq

89-00142 hovering in to pick up the wrecked Iraqi MIG-21.

December 2003: 89-00142 approaching a wrecked MIG-21 in Iraq. The wrecked MIG-21 was transported from a field location about 100 miles west of Baghdad.

December 2003: With security provided by an AH-64 Apache helicopter, it took two days to rig the load, and about 5 minutes to fly it to a local compound.

The crew of 89-00142 during the MIG-21 transport mission.

The crew during the mission (left to right): CW2 Joe "Fatass" Summerlin (PI), CW3 D.J. Watson (PC), SGT Mike Wooden (CE), SSG Christine (SI), SSG Chuck Nabors (FE), CPT James Fischer (OIC).

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a counterinsurgency operation near Mangritae, Afghanistan.

1 July 2005: Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a counterinsurgency operation near Mangritae, Afghanistan. Click-N-Go Here to see a larger version.

23 September 2005: SPC Jason Engel, Crew Chief, and SSG Chuck Nabors, Flight Engineer, stand proudly in front of "Daffy's Delight". This photograph was taken in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan.

23 September 2005: 89-00142 and crew pose for a shot that includes one of the old fortresses used by Genghis Kahn. This photograph was taken in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan.