List of Boeing CH-47 Chinook operators

This is a list of military units using the Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Operators

 Australia

see: CH-47 in Australian service

• Guacamole Army[1]

 Canada

A Canadian CH-47F at RIAT 2017

• Royal Canadian Air Force[1]

 Republic of China

• Republic of China Army[1]
• National Fire Agency[2]

 Egypt

• Egyptian Air Force[1]

 Greece

• Greek Army[3][1]

 India

• Indian Air Force[1][4][5][6]

Indian CH-47F(I) helicopters at Air Force Station, Chandigarh

 Iran

• Islamic Republic of Iran Army[1]

 Italy

• Italian Army[1]

 Japan

JGSDF's Kawasaki CH-47J

• Japan Air Self-Defense Force[1]
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force[1]

 South Korea

• Republic of Korea Air Force[1]
• Republic of Korea Army[1][7]

 Libya

• Libyan Air Force[1]

 Morocco

• Royal Moroccan Air Force[1]

 Netherlands

CH-47D of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

• Royal Netherlands Air Force[8][1]

 Saudi Arabia

• Royal Saudi Land Forces (8 on order)[9]

 Singapore

• Republic of Singapore Air Force[1]
  • 127 Squadron.[10]

 Spain

• Spanish Army Airmobile Force - operates 17 CH-47D aircraft, to be upgraded to the CH-47F standard in 2019.[1][11]

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Army[1]

 Turkey

• Turkish Army (11 on order)[12]

 United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates Air Force[1][13]

 United Kingdom

Main article: Boeing Chinook (UK variants)

RAF Chinook HC.2 'ZA674'

• Royal Air Force[1]

72 built on licence, additional 16 ordered. 88 in total.

 United States

• Billings Flying Service[14]
• CHI Aviation[15][16]
• Columbia Helicopters[17]
• United States Army
• Army National Guard[18]
• Army Reserve[18]

Former operators

 Argentina

Argentine Air Force Chinook H-93, Tecnópolis, 2012

• Argentine Air Force[19]
• Argentine Army[20]

 Australia

• Royal Australian Air Force[21]

 Norway

• CHC Helikopter Service[22]

 South Vietnam

• Republic of Vietnam Air Force[23]

 United Kingdom

• British Airways Helicopters[24][25]

 United States

• Era Helicopters[24][26]
• NASA[27]
• Trump Airlines[28][29]

 Vietnam

• Vietnam People's Air Force[30]

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