Editing Boeing CH-47 Chinook (section)

=== Other operations and roles ===
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In April 2023, multiple Chinooks conducted the evacuation of the US Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan with Special Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Altman |first=Howard |date=2023-04-23 |title=Special Operations Forces Evacuate U.S. Embassy Personnel From Sudan |url=https://www.twz.com/special-ops-forces-evacuate-u-s-embassy-personnel-from-sudan |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=The War Zone |language=en}}</ref> (see also [[Sudanese civil war (2023–present)]]) Chinooks have been deployed to Mali for [[MINUSMA]].

Since the type's inception, the Chinook has carried out various secondary missions, including medical evacuation, disaster relief, search and rescue, aircraft recovery, fire fighting, and heavy construction assistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ch47d/index.htm|title=CH-47D/F Chinook page|publisher=Boeing|access-date=2 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604151345/http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ch47d/index.htm|archive-date=4 June 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2020, the [[Indian Air Force]] started using Chinooks at theatres such as [[Ladakh]] and [[Siachen Glacier]] to assist Indian forces deployed at the Indian borders with [[China]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chinook-helicopters-operationalised-high-altitude-locations-siachen-glacier-1648575-2020-02-21|title=Chinook helicopters operationalised in high-altitude locations including Siachen glacier|date=21 February 2020|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> The [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] has also enlisted Indian Air Force Chinooks during the development of its [[Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstration Program]], with Chinook helicopters air-dropping two test vehicles during the ''RLV-LEX-01'' and ''RLV-LEX-02'' conducted on April 2, 2023, and March 22, 2024, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=ISRO's Pushpak lands successfully in another triumph for reusable launch vehicle |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/isro-set-to-launch-its-rlv-vehicle-pushpak-from-karnataka-today-101711067297617.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch: India's 21st Century Pushpak 'Viman' Successfully Launched |url=https://www.ndtv.com/science/isro-successfully-lands-pushpak-indias-first-reusable-launch-vehicle-5287362 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Isro completes 2nd key landing experiment of reusable launch vehicle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/isro-completes-2nd-key-landing-experiment-of-reusable-launch-vehicle/articleshow/108692653.cms |access-date=2024-03-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=ISRO achieves another milestone, successfully lands Pushpak reusable launch vehicle |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/photos/india/isro-achieves-another-milestone-successfully-lands-pushpak-reusable-launch-vehicle-12507131.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=ISRO nails it again! Landing mission of Reusable Launch Vehicle 'Pushpak' conducted successfully in Karnataka – See Pictures |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/science-isro-nails-it-again-landing-mission-of-reusable-launch-vehicle-pushpak-conducted-successfully-in-karnataka-see-pictures-3433579/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

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File:Chinook-dropt-last-met-twee-lsv.jpg|A Dutch CH-47D hauls slung light vehicles and another load on exercises, 2015.
File:Sky Soldiers! (48599784932).jpg|US parachutists jump from a Chinook over Germany in 2019.
File:ＣＨ－４７ＪＡ（第１２ヘリコプター隊） (2).jpg|A Chinook on exercises in Japan
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