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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Upgrade for RAF's most famous helicopter‎

Chinook HC2 |The Ministry of Defence is spending £408 million to upgrade its Chinook helicopter fleet. Each of its Mark II Chinooks is having new computers installed which will make it easier to navigate and fly the choppers.

RAF Chinook ZA718 is the force's most prestigious helicopter. Named Bravo November after its tail-wing identification BN, she has seen action in the Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Germany and Kurdistan.

Now the twin-blade aircraft is being reinforced with hard drives and maps which reduce the workload of the pilots, shares navigation with the loadmaster and makes the Chinook safer to fly whilst on operational tours.

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