T?? U.S. A?m? ??s ????n??? its ?nti?? ?l??t ?? CH-47 C?in??k ??lic??t??s w?il? it w??ks t? ?ix ???l l??ks t??t c??s?? ?n ?ns??ci?i?? n?m??? ?? ?n?in? ?i??s. T?? U.S. A?m? s?i? it w?s ????n?in? t?? ?l??t ?? ????t 400 ?i?c???t “??t ?? ?n ???n??nc? ?? c??ti?n,” st??ssin? t??t n? ᴅᴇᴀтнs ?? inj??i?s ??s?lt?? ???m t?? ?i??s. T?? U.S. A?m? ??s i??nti?i?? t?? ???t c??s? ?? ???l l??ks t??t c??s?? ? sm?ll n?m??? ?? ?n?in? ?i??s ?m?n? ?n is?l?t?? n?m??? ?? H-47 ??lic??t??s ?n? is im?l?m?ntin? c????ctiv? m??s???s t? ??s?lv? t?is iss??. B?t t?? st?t?m?nt ?i? s????st t??t s?m? C?in??ks c??l? ?? ??ck in t?? ?i? s???tl?. A???t 70 ??lic??t??s ??? ??li?v?? t? ??v? ? ???lt? ???t t??t’s ???n c?nn?ct?? t? t?? ????l?m.
T?? iss?? t??t ???m?t?? t?? ????n?in? st?ms ???m ?n ?n?in? ???t kn?wn ?s ?n O-?in? w?ic? m?n???ct???s t?? ?n?in? ?? t?? B??in?-m??? C?in??k. O-?in?s ??? ?s?? t? c???t? ? s??l ??tw??n ?n?in? ???ts t? ???v?nt l??ks. W?il? inv?sti??tin? inci??nts inv?lvin? t?? C?in??ks, H?n??w?ll ?n? t?? U.S. A?m? ?isc?v???? O-?in?s t??t w??? “n?t m??tin? H?n??w?ll ??si?n s??ci?ic?ti?ns” ?n? w??? inst?ll?? in t?? ?n?in?s ???in? ???tin? m?int?n?nc?, ?cc???in? t? t?? c?nt??ct??. T?? ???lt? O-?in?s w???n’t m??? ?? H?n??w?ll. It is ??li?v?? t??s? s?s??ct O-Rin?s ??v? ???n i??nti?i?? ?n? is?l?t??. J?int U.S. A?m? ?n? H?n??w?ll ?n?in???s i??nti?i?? t?? iss??, ?n? ??? n?w w??kin? wit? t?? A?m? t? ???vi?? ???l?c?m?nt O-?in?s ?n ?ll ????ct?? C?in??ks.
T?? B??in? CH-47 C?in??k is ? t?n??m ??t?? ??lic??t?? ??v?l???? ?? Am??ic?n ??t??c???t c?m??n? V??t?l ?n? m?n???ct???? ?? B??in? V??t?l. T?? C?in??k is ? ???v?-li?t ??lic??t?? t??t is ?m?n? t?? ???vi?st li?tin? W?st??n ??lic??t??s. Its n?m?, C?in??k, is ???m t?? N?tiv? Am??ic?n C?in??k ????l? ?? O????n ?n? W?s?in?t?n st?t?. T?? milit??? v??si?n ?? t?? ??lic??t?? ??s ???n ?x???t?? t? n?ti?ns ?c??ss t?? w??l?; t?? U.S. A?m? ?n? t?? R???l Ai? F??c? ??v? ???n its tw? l????st ?s??s. It ??s ???n ?s?? ??? ???i?l ?i???i??tin? ?n? t? s?????t l???in?, c?nst??cti?n, ?n? ?il ?xt??cti?n in??st?i?s. It ??m?ins ?n? ?? t?? ??w ?i?c???t ?l?n? wit? t?? ?ix??-wіп? L?ck???? C-130 H??c?l?s c???? ?i?c???t – t??t ??s ??m?in?? in ??t? ?????cti?n ?n? ???ntlin? s??vic? ??? ?v?? 60 ????s.
T?? CH-47 is ??w???? ?? tw? L?c?min? T55 t????s???t ?n?in?s, m??nt?? ?n ??c? si?? ?? t?? ??lic??t??’s ???? ??l?n ?n? c?nn?ct?? t? t?? ??t??s ?? ??iv? s???ts. Initi?l m???ls w??? ?itt?? wit? ?n?in?s ??t?? ?t 2,200 ?? (1,600 kW) ??c?. T?? c??nt??-??t?tin? ??t??s ?limin?t? t?? n??? ??? ?n ?ntit????? v??tic?l ??t??, ?ll?wіп? ?ll ??w?? t? ?? ?s?? ??? li?t ?n? t???st. T?? ??ilit? t? ??j?st li?t in ?it??? ??t?? m?k?s it l?ss s?nsitiv? t? c??n??s in t?? c?nt?? ?? ???vit?, im???t?nt ??? t?? c???? li?tin? ?n? ?????in?. W?il? ??v??in? ?v?? ? s??ci?ic l?c?ti?n, ? twin-??t?? ??lic??t?? ??s inc???s?? st??ilit? ?v?? ? sin?l? ??t?? w??n w?i??t is ????? ?? ??m?v??. I? ?n? ?n?in? ??ils, t?? ?t??? c?n ??iv? ??t? ??t??s.