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Boeing announced on August 26, 2008, that it has been awarded a five-year U.S. Army contract valued at $4.3 billion for 181 CH-47F Chinooks and 10 additional Chinooks under Fiscal Year 2008 supplemental funding. There are options in the award for an additional 24 aircraft over the course of the contract.

Boeing Rotorcraft Systems has delivered 48 CH-47F helicopters to the U.S. Army to date and has fully trained and equipped two units, with a third unit scheduled to stand up in August. Since the aircraft received its combat-ready certification from the Army in 2007, the F-model has completed several thousand flight hours, including deployments to Liberia in support of U.S. President George Bush, and is currently undergoing its first deployment to Iraq.

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Huge US Army CH-47F Chinook Contract (26 Aug)
Northrop-EADS Win KC-X Tanker Contract (29 Feb)
Final Three Gripen Fighters Delivered to Hungary (13 Dec)
First Batch AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles Arrive in Switzerland (13 Dec)
Romania Orders Seven C-27J Transport Aircraft (07 Dec)
First French Army Order for 12 NH-90 TTH, plus 56 options (03 Dec)
B-1B Lancer Upgrade Continues (03 Dec)
Sixth C-17 Globemaster Ordered for the Royal Air Force (03 Dec)
Czech Air Force L-159T1 Advanced Trainers Delivered (23 Nov)
Bulgaria's First C-27J Spartan Delivered (17 Nov)
Tunisian Air Force L-59T Fleet Overhaul Completed (09 Nov)
First Flight of Eurofighter Typhoon with Tranche 2 Avionics (01 Nov)
Two More C-295 Transports Ordered for Polish Air Force (30 Oct)
Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Fires First Missile (25 Oct)
Singapore Orders 12 Additional F-15SG Fighters (22 Oct)
Chilean Navy Orders C-295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (18 Oct)
Swedish Air Force Gripen Upgrade Contract Finalized (17 Oct)
RNLAF F-16s Reach 7500 Flight Hours Over Afghanistan (10 Oct)
Boeing Contracted to Upgrade F-15C Eagles with APG-63(V)3 Radar (09 Oct)
USCG HH-65 Dolphin Fleet Reaches One Million Flight Hours (08 Oct)

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