87-00109
          (87-0109)

 

 

         

 

 

         
D Company - "Cyclones" unit patch, circa 1987
Property of

D Company, 502nd Aviation Regiment

"Cyclones"

Coleman AAF, West Germany

1988

 

 

         
Beastmaster unit patch.
Property of

G Company, 185th Aviation

"Beastmasters"

Meridian, Mississippi

 

 

             87-00109, Boeing D model kit number M3228, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 20 September 1988. As of 22 June 1998, 87-00109 had accumulated 1,006.3 D model hours and 5,778.3 total aircraft hours.

   87-00109 was a conversion from the original B model Chinook 66-19098.

   On 1 October 1987, 87-00109 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially scheduled for assignment to the 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 (West Germany).

   At some point, at least from 1995 to 2007, 87-00109 was assigned to Company G - "Beastmasters", 185th Aviation, Army National Guard located on Key Field, near Meridian, in the State of Mississippi.

   At some point, and through at least November 2009, 87-00109 was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), located near Aurora, Colorado.

   As of 4 October 2011, this aircraft was 44.4 years old.

   As of 8 November 2009, the last known location of 87-00109 was in Aurora, Colorado.

   Aircraft status: Flyable.

 

 

          This aircraft was piloted by:

 

          Your Name Here.

 

 

          This aircraft was crewed by:

 

          SFC James C Dunavant, Crew Chief, 1995 - 2007

          SGT Thomas L. Jones, Flight Engineer, 1988 - 1992

 

          Your Name Here.

 

 

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

         

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