{"id":20636,"date":"2024-02-19T03:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20636"},"modified":"2025-04-06T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T21:08:13","slug":"chinook-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chinook-helicopter\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinook Helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Chinook Helicopter<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinook\/CH-47F is the\u00a0U.S. Army\u2019s primary heavy troop and supply transport aircraft.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is an advanced\u00a0multi-mission helicopter.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0manufactured by the American aerospace and defence firm\u00a0Boeing for the US Army and international defence forces.<\/li>\n<li>It is used for the\u00a0transportation of troops, artillery, supplies, and equipment to the battlefield.<\/li>\n<li>India has about 15 CH-47 Chinook helicopters.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It contains a fully\u00a0integrated digital cockpit\u00a0management system.<\/li>\n<li>It has advanced cargo-handling capabilities that complement the aircraft&#8217;s mission performance and handling characteristics.<\/li>\n<li>It has a\u00a0monolithic airframe with vibration reduction.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Speed: 160 knots (296 kmph).<\/li>\n<li>It has a\u00a0triple hook system, which\u00a0provides\u00a0stability for large external loads or the capacity for multiple external loads.<\/li>\n<li>It can carry up to 55 troops or approximately\u00a010 tonnes of mixed cargo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is an Apache helicopter?<\/h3>\n<p>The AH-64 Apache is the world\u2019s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter. The AH-64E is an advanced multi-mission helicopter with the latest technology insertions, maintaining its standing as the world\u2019s best attack helicopter. It is the only available combat helicopter with a spectrum of capabilities for virtually any mission requirement, including greater thrust and lift, joint digital operability, improved survivability and cognitive decision aiding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/air-forces-chinook-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-in-punjabs-barnala-5081426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Air Force&#8217;s Chinook Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Punjab<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinook\/CH-47F is the U.S. Army\u2019s primary heavy troop and supply transport aircraft. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}