R. David Steele wrote:

We have to have a replacement for the CH-47 now? One wonders what
they are doing with that whole CH-47F program...

It is a bit long in the tooth. Look at how the Navy dropped its
sister, the CH-46.

The CH-47F is a rather extensive remanufacturing program that's going on
right now. The Army expects it to let these aircraft serve into the 2020s.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ch-47f-ich.htm

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