Skilled US Pilot Lands Massive CH-47 Chinook on US Aircraft Carrier

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[MIA_AND_THE_MOMENTS_BEFORE]

All in a day's work. Bravery, dedication and unwavering commitment are truly commendable. That's what I think

[cnknguyen]

Ive done ship ops in a 47 while stationed in Korea (Innkeepers as shown in the video), its pretty fun, a little sketchy..but dunker school training up for it was way worse. Also, there are no CH-47D's anymore, every aircraft shown in this video was a CH-47F, big difference.

[AgricultureTechUS]

Totally mind-boggling! The future is truly here.

[pedrocaballero]

To all of our members of the US military we thank you very much for your service and the sacrifices that are made.

To our allies also thank you. This is a good video,

BUT - some narration would be a great added benefit for people with vision problems trying to read all of the closed captions.

SALUTE!

[georgevcelar]

After all these many years the old girl still has it!
You have to admit, but those Americans come up with some pretty impressive tech!

[seaknightvirchow]

This is a piece of cake compared to flight operations on an LPH with CH 46s and CH 53s coming and going in day and night ops.

[artmichel]

Correction, lad! They are U.S. Navy amphibious ships, not, Marine Corps amphibious ships

[kevinthompson]

Aman on the truck we called it a ruff rider😅

[ChopperChad]

CH47F models began fielding 20 years ago and fielding was completed in 2015. I haven’t seen a D model in a long time. Also, the block II F model is rolling out in 2025.

[ChazToz]

@5:28 AI's caption misinterpreted 'grounding wire' as “earthing” wire.

[JohnSmith-xioq]

Fox models have the glass cockpit. These are all fox models, delta has the older guages.

[HoldTheLine]

Now if this boat had a single spot to land then that’s impressive.

Anyone recall when the 10th Mtn Div put a lift and attack BN on an CV in 1994? Plus the accompanying infantry and went to Haiti?

Hawks, Scouts and Cobras all on the carrier for “Caribbean Cruise ‘94”

That was an effective method to transport 2/3 of an aviation brigade and thousands of infantry.

[jerrymunsch]

Are the rotor blades wider on these newer models?

[lennys]

Chinook looks like two palm trees screwing a dumpster.

[johndoran]

I rode on one of these in the gulf, and the crew said they had to slow down for the Blackhawks and Apaches to keep up with them. They are super fast for a helicopter.

[MannyRM]

Innkeepers, Nightmare Battalion, I was there in 03

[carlospl]

The P41 is from spanish Armada. 😅 I meant there is more than a chinook landing

[chrisspratlin]

Nothing new as the South Vietnamese pilots landed many CH-47's on the USS Hancock during the fall of Saigon in 1975. None of them had any training for it either. Most had their families aboard with them.

[kevinthompson]

Got over 100 Jumps and repels from chinok

[sumguyman]

Fun fact: upon landing this helicopter maintenance crews will damn near wash the paint off this chinook and then grease every single grease fitting on the bird...whole lotta corrosion control going on.