Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter 06-08028.

06-08028

Property of

B Company - "Flippers"

3-82nd GSAB

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

2008 - 2009

May 2009: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 06-08028 operating in Afghanistan. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

   06-08028, Boeing Vertol Tab Number M8028, was a CH-47F helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 31 October 2007. As of 15 August 2009, 06-08028 accumulated 446.0 aircraft hours.

   06-08028 was a new build airframe that utilized the power train components (blades, engines and transmissions, etc.) from a scrapped CH-47D Chinook helicopter.

   06-08028 was initially assigned to B Company - "Flippers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Airborne Division, located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

   At some point, in early 2009, 06-08028 was deployed with the "Flippers" in support of contingency operations during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).

   As of 15 August 2009, the last known location of 06-08028 was at Kandahar, Afghanistan.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

16 April 2009: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 06-08028 transported to Afghanistan by U.S. Air Force C5 "Galaxy" - a strategic air (STRATAIR) asset. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

August 2009: SSG Chris Cornish, Flight Engineer on 06-08028 while deployed to Afghanistan. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

In this undated photograph taken at an unknown location, CH-47F Chinook helicopter 06-08028 hovers over a lake. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

The following CH-47F Chinook helicopters were original fielded to B Company - "Flippers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in late 2008 / early 2009:

04-08717	06-08028	06-08718	06-08719	06-08720
07-08039	07-08041	07-08721	07-08722	07-08723
07-08724	08-08042	08-08043