| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | ZA704 |
| Military Code: | AM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing Vertol HC-1B Chinook |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing H-47 Chinook (234/347) |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing Chinook HC2 (352) |
| C/n (msn): | MA-016/B-834/M-7006 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 18 Sqn |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | KandaharMap |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: OAKN IATA: KDH Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2008 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 806606 |
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Former Boeing test registration N37033, It was delivered as a HC1 to the RAF on 30 Aug'81 (with c/n MA016). Converted to HC2 (with c/n M7006). The Chinook was damaged on 25 Nov'99 during a crash in Oman, 5 miles south of Seeb IAP during night training mission with Special Forces. It was flown back to Brize Norton on 13 Dec'99 aboard an An-124 (RA-82046). It was repaired at Fleetlands using parts of former Argentinian Army CH-47C ZH257. Converted to HC4 by Vector Aerospace Ltd at Fleetlands by early '14 and to HC-6A by Boeing at Boscombe Down by mid-'19. Seen here in late afternoon at Kandahar. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 8 May 2025, and has since been viewed 154 times. |