Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803.

10-08803

B Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, unit patch, Fall 2012.

Property of

B Company - " Diesel "

2-1 GSAB

Fort Riley, Kansas

2012

25 September 2012: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 rests on the ramp at Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV), New Jersey, ready for the aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, Kansas. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

   10-08803, Boeing Vertol Tab Number unknown, U.S. Army Tab Number M8803, was a CH-47F helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 11 July 2012 at 21.2 aircraft hours. As of 1 October 2012, 10-08803 accumulated 34.8 aircraft hours.

   10-08803 was a new build airframe with all new components installed.

   10-08803 was initially assigned to B Company - "Diesel", 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One), located at Fort Riley, Kansas.

   10-08803 was received by the S3 Incorporated New Equipment Training Team (NETT) at Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV) on 26 September 2012 for an aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KMIV), Fort Riley, Kansas. The 1,300 mile trip lasted two days and involved landing at Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG), West Virginia, for fuel, Gus Grissom Air Reserve Base (KGUS), Indiana, for an overnight stop, Quincy Regional Airport (KUIN), Illinois, for fuel, and finally a landing at Marshall Airfield on 27 September 2012.

   10-08803 was Flight Lead and Chalk One in a flight of four of Sortie Two accompanied by 10-08805, 10-08808 and 11-08094. The Chalk order was 10-08803, 10-08805, 10-08808, 11-08094.

   As of 1 October 2012, the last known location of 10-08803 was at Fort Riley, Kansas.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

26 September 2012: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 rests on the ramp at Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV), New Jersey, just prior to departure for the aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, Kansas. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

26 September 2012: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 rests on the ramp at Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG), West Virginia, during a fuel stop on the aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, Kansas. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

26 September 2012: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 and flight makes it to the FBO ramp at Joint Civil/Military Gus Grissom Air Reserve Base (KGUS), for a fuel and overnight stay during the aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, Kansas. The weather from Wheeling, WV, was not quite as desired and forced the flight to refuel at Neil Armstrong Airport (KAXV), Ohio, before proceeding on course. At the rear of the aircraft CW3 Kevin Jordan and Barry Elsholz are preparing to conduct the post-flight/preflight. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

27 September 2012: After waiting most of the day for the weather to clear between Gus Grissom and Marshall airfields, CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 and flight makes it to the FBO ramp at Quincy Regional Airport (KUIN), Illinois, for a fuel during the aircraft delivery ferry flight to Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, Kansas. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

27 September 2012: CH-47F Chinook helicopter 10-08803 arrives at Marshall Army Airfield after a very long mission day. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

The following CH-47F Chinook helicopters were originally fielded to B Company - "Diesel", 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 1st Infantry Division - "The Big Red One", located on Marshall Airfield (KFRI), Fort Riley, in the State of Kansas, beginning in September 2012 and used to support the unit train-up. Airframes are routinely reassigned as necessary so there is no telling where there are now.

10-08802	10-08803	10-08804	10-08805	10-08806
10-08807	10-08808	11-08094

This aircraft was piloted by:

CIV Barry Elsholz, Standardization Pilot, 2012 ¹

CW3 Kevin Jordan, Instructor Pilot, 2012 ²

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This aircraft was crewed by:

CIV Roy Payne, Standardization Instructor, 2012 ³

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1. Flight Lead on Aircraft Delivery Ferry Flight from KMIV to KFRI.
2. Pilot on Aircraft Delivery Ferry Flight from KMIV to KFRI.
3. Flight Engineer on Aircraft Delivery Ferry Flight from KMIV to KFRI.

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