87-00101
          (87-0101)

 

 

         

 

 

         
The nose art of 87-00101 in the Iraqi desert during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

             The nose art of 87-00101 in the Iraqi desert during Operation Iraqi Freedom [2003-2004]. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

 

 

             87-00101, Boeing D model kit number M3220, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 12 July 1988. As of 22 June 1998, 87-00101 had accumulated at least 1,225.2 D model hours and 6,555.2 total aircraft hours.

   87-00101 was a conversion from the original B model Chinook 66-19119.

   On 22 July 1987, 87-00101 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially scheduled for assignment to D Company - "Cyclones", 502nd Aviation Regiment, United States Army Europe (USAREUR), located at Coleman Army Airfield, Coleman Barracks, near Mannheim, in the Federal Republic of Germany.

   At some point, and at least through 30 December 2000, 87-00101 was assigned to 106th Aviation, Army National Guard, Peoria, Illinois.

   At some point, and at least through January 2009, 87-00101 was assigned the the Minnesota Army National Guard.

   As of 1 January 2009, this aircraft was 41.5 years old.

   As of 1 January 2009, the last known location of 87-00101 was in Minnesota.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

 

 

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

         

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