74-22272

 

         
First unit patch of the 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company.
Second unit patch of the 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company.
Third unit patch of the 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company.

 

             74-22272, Boeing build number B-691, was a CH-47C helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 19 May 1975. 74-22272 accumulated 2,839.0 aircraft hours. At some point, 74-22272 was assigned to B Company - "Innkeepers", 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Camp Humphrey, Republic of Korea (ROK) (South Korea), through about October 1989. B Company was the former 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC) - "Innkeepers". The 271st ASHC was redesignated B Company on an unknown date. The 501st Aviation Regiment was redesignated the 52nd Aviation Regiment on an unknown date. On 14 December 1989, 74-22272 was inducted into the D model program and converted to 90-00182. The last known location of 74-22272 was at Boeing during the conversion. Aircraft status: Converted to D model.

 

 

          The CH-47 - 40 years old and still circling the world.

         

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