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Indian Air Force’ Featherweights Squadron To Officially Induct Four Boeing Chinook Helicopters On 25 March
Swarajya Staff
Mar 21, 2019, 01:02 PM | Updated 01:02 PM IST
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Four CH-47F helicopters would be officially inducted in the Indian Air Force’s 126 Flight squadron on 25 March, Livefist Defence has reported.
The first four @Boeing_In CH-47F Chinook copters to be inducted into the Indian Air Forceâs 126 Flight (âThe Featherweightsâ) in Chandigarh on March 25. pic.twitter.com/CFgUfV5Wqx
— Livefist (@livefist) March 20, 2019
The squadron based out of the Chandigarh air base is also equipped with Russian made Mil Mi-26 helicopters.
These Boeing manufactured Chinook helicopters would be be used for military transportation of troops and materials including fuel and heavy equipment to border areas.
In total India has signed a $3 billion deal with US manufacturer Boeing for the purchase of 15 CH-47F Chinook transport and 22 Apache AH-64E attack helicopters.
This mega defence deal also has a Make-In-India touch to it as Boeing has included 160 Indian firms in its supply chain including a joint venture for manufacturing Apache’s fuselage.
The first of 22 AH-64E Apache twin-turboshaft attack helicopters would be delivered to the Indian Air Force by July.
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