Editing Boeing CH-47 Chinook (section)

===HH-47===
On 9 November 2006, the [[HH-47 CSAR-X Prototype|HH-47]], a new variant of the Chinook based on the MH-47G, was selected by the [[U.S. Air Force]] as the winner of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR-X) competition. Four development HH-47s were to be built, with the first of 141 production aircraft planned to enter service in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061109f_nr.html |title=Boeing: Boeing Awarded U.S. Air Force Combat Search and Rescue Contract |access-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514055512/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061109f_nr.html |archive-date=14 May 2013}} Boeing News Release</ref> However, in February 2007 the contract award was protested and the [[GAO]] ordered the CSAR-X project to be re-bid.<ref>[http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/GAO02287.xml&headline=Bowing%20To%20GAO,%20USAF%20Likely%20To%20Recompete%20CSAR-X&channel=defense "Bowing To GAO, USAF Likely To Recompete CSAR-X"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307152746/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news%2FGAO02287.xml&headline=Bowing%20To%20GAO%2C%20USAF%20Likely%20To%20Recompete%20CSAR-X&channel=defense |date=7 March 2012}}. ''Aviation Week'', 28 February 2007.</ref> The CSAR-X program was again terminated in 2009. In February 2010, the USAF announced plans to replace aging [[HH-60G]] helicopters, and deferred secondary combat search and rescue requirements calling for a larger helicopter.<ref>Trimble, Stephen. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/24/338770/usaf-abandons-large-helicopter-for-rescue-mission-proposes-buying-112.html "USAF abandons large helicopter for rescue mission, proposes buying 112 UH-60Ms"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227214739/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/24/338770/usaf-abandons-large-helicopter-for-rescue-mission-proposes-buying-112.html |date=27 February 2011}}. ''Flight International''. 24 February 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e0d2f218043862f1a8f4e3c3d1200c83&tab=core&_cview=1 USAF HH-60 Personnel Recovery Recapitalization Program Sources Sought RFI] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040710/https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e0d2f218043862f1a8f4e3c3d1200c83&tab=core&_cview=1 |date=21 July 2011}}. FBO.gov, 23 March 2010.</ref> In a long process the Air Force did not choose the larger Chinook, and the [[HH-60W]] entered service by 2020 to replace the older helicopters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=USAF's first HH-60W Jolly Green II arrives at Moody AFB |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2407824/usafs-first-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-arrives-at-moody-afb/https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2407824/usafs-first-hh-60w-jolly-green-ii-arrives-at-moody-afb/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Air Force |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>