Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter 09-08068.

09-08068

Property of

B Company - "Hillclimbers"

3-25th GSAB

Wheeler Army Airfield

Hawaii

2010 - 2011

22 May 2011: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 09-08068 prepares for flight at Wheeler Army Airfield while assigned to the "Hillclimbers". This was CW4 Randy Pauley's last active duty flight in a Chinook helicopter. His copilot for the day was CW5 Eugene Santos. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

   09-08068, Boeing Vertol Tab Number unknown, U.S. Army Tab Number M8068, was a CH-47F helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 2 September 2010. As of 1 December 2010, 09-08068 accumulated 25.0 aircraft hours.

   09-08068 was a new build airframe that utilized used power train and some other components (blades, engines and transmissions, hydraulics, etc.).

   09-08068 was initially assigned to B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 25th Infantry Division, located at Wheeler Army Airfield, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii.

   In late 2011, 09-08068 was deployed to Afghanistan and served with the Hillclimbers through an unknown end date.

   As of 1 January 2013, the last known location of 09-08068 was in Afghanistan.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

High Definition Video

The link below points to High Definition (HD) Video file of CH-47F Chinook helicopter 09-08068 operating in Hawaii during the fielding and train up of B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Divison (B, 3-25 GSAB) in 2011.

Due to the large file size, it is recommended that you Right Click the link and select "Save Target As" to save the file to your computer before attempting to view.

Click-N-Go Here to view a High Definition Video of CH-47F Chinook helicopter 09-08068 while undergoing engine start, completing hover checks and flying south through the West Loch of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 3 February 2011 [42:30, 1.68 Gb, low quality audio included].

The following CH-47F Chinook helicopters were fielded to B Company - "Hillclimbers", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 25th Infantry Division, located on Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Island of Oahu, in the State of Hawaii, beginning in November 2010 and used to support the unit train-up. Airframes are routinely reassigned as necessary so there is no telling where there are now.

07-08735	07-08736	07-08738	07-08739	07-08740
07-08741	07-08742	07-08743	08-08765	08-08766
08-08767	09-08064	09-08065	09-08066	09-08067
09-08068	09-08069