The CH-47s replaced the JSDF's KV-107 (CH-46) transport helicopters. The Chinook's advantages shine during logistics support missions, disaster relief and humanitarian operations across Japan ...

August Radke, flight crew chief of one of the CH-47s. “Our objective is to test various unmanned aerial vehicles and ground components with infantry personnel to simulate battlefield movements.

Japan has ordered 17 of the latest variant of the Boeing-manufactured CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter, the company said Thursday. The CH-47 Block II Chinook is an extended-range version of the ...