Boeing Chinook Air America Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Service History 1973 | Online Manuals

Service History for the Chinook Air America Boeing-Vertol CH-47C has 5 pages Cover date: January to April 1973 The types of missions flown by Air America’s CH-47C Chinooks: All Air America Chinooks had armor plates and IFR capability. Essentially, there were four types of missions flown by the Chinooks: First, they were used as troop carriers within Laos, and in this configuration, they could carry 32 passengers (Aircraft and avionics information as of 1 April 73, in: UTD/Kaufman/B1F14); to quote one example: On 20 January 73, two Air America Chinooks were used to transport troops to re-open the Vientiane-Luang Prabang highway.