Prepare to Be Amazed by These Incredible Military Vehicles

9. Boeing CH-47 Chinook – USA

Production company: Boeing (Vertol) Main Users: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Indian Air Force, Royal Air Force, and United States Army Project cost: $265 million* On September 21, 1961, the Boeing CH-47 Chinook had its maiden flight. The company Vertol, which would subsequently join Boeing, started working on the designs for this transport helicopter in the late 1950s as they were developing a novel kind of tandem-rotor helicopter. The CH-37 Mojave, created by Sikorsky, was to be replaced by the Chinook.

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook (USA) via Twitter (@Nik333Alex) Since 2012, about 1,200 have been constructed. The Chinook is still among the Army's fastest helicopters, having reached 200 miles per hour in the 1960s. One of the few airplanes designed more than 60 years ago that is still in use is the Chinook.