Editing Boeing CH-47 Chinook (section)

===CH-47F orders===
In February 2007, the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] became the first international customer of the CH-47F model, expanding their Chinook fleet to seventeen.<ref name=boeing-pr-sign>{{cite press release |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070215b_nr.html |publisher=Boeing |title=Boeing Signs Contract for Dutch Chinooks |access-date=1 April 2015 |date=15 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621160310/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070215b_nr.html |archive-date=21 June 2013}}</ref> On 10 August 2009, Canada signed a contract for fifteen extensively modified and upgraded CH-47Fs for the [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian Forces]], later delivered in 2013–2014 with the Canadian designation CH-147F.<ref name=boeing /><ref name=globe-mail-late>{{cite web |last1=Leblanc |first1=Daniel |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/forces-ink-deal-for-new-copters/article1247229/ |title=Chinooks will fly too late for Afghanistan |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=1 April 2015 |date=10 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814212331/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/forces-ink-deal-for-new-copters/article1247229/ |archive-date=14 August 2009}}</ref> On 15 December 2009, Britain announced its Future Helicopter Strategy, including the purchase of twenty-four new CH-47Fs to be delivered from 2012.<ref>[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4420094&c=EUR&s=AIR "As Cuts Loom, Britain Orders 24 Chinooks From Boeing"]. Defense News, 15 December 2009.{{dead link |date=April 2015}}</ref> Australia ordered seven CH-47Fs in March 2010 to replace its six CH-47Ds between 2014 and 2017.<ref>[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Australia-Ordering-CH-47F-Chinooks-05395/ "Australia Ordering CH-47F Chinooks"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103142901/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Australia-Ordering-CH-47F-Chinooks-05395/ |date=3 November 2011}}. Defense Industry Daily, 22 March 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/gregCombettpl.cfm?CurrentId=10063 |title=New Chinook CH-47 helicopters |last=The Hon. Greg Combet AM MP |date=20 March 2010 |work=Media Release |publisher=Australian Department of Defence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324214913/http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/gregCombettpl.cfm?CurrentId=10063 |archive-date=24 March 2010}}</ref> In September 2015, [[India]] approved purchase of fifteen CH-47F Chinooks.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-clears-purchase-of-15-chinooks-and-22-apache-helicopters-from-us/1/480655.html |title= India clears purchase of 15 Chinooks and 22 Apache helicopters from US |work= intoday.in |date= 23 September 2015 |access-date= 27 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150928031425/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-clears-purchase-of-15-chinooks-and-22-apache-helicopters-from-us/1/480655.html |archive-date= 28 September 2015 |url-status= live}}</ref> On 7 November 2016, Singapore announced that the CH-47F would replace its older Chinooks, which had been in service since 1994, enabling the [[Republic of Singapore Air Force]] to meet its requirements for various operations, including Search and Rescue (SAR), Aeromedical Evacuation (AME), and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/press_room/details.html?name=07nov16_nr2&date=2016-11-07 |title=MINDEF Signs Contracts to Acquire New Medium- and Heavy-Lift Helicopters |last=Government of Singapore |date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221721/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/press_room/details.html?name=07nov16_nr2&date=2016-11-07 |archive-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> The German government announced in June 2022 that the CH-47F Block 2 was selected as the winner of its heavy helicopter program to replace its [[Sikorsky CH-53K#Failed bids|Sikorsky CH-53G]] Sea Stallion fleet.<!-- The C-47F is to be delivered to the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) between 2023 and 2029. (The text in source indicates these are "plans", not a contracted terms.) --><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/06/breaking-germany-makes-its-choice-for-boeings-ch-47-chinook-official/ |title= Breaking: Germany makes its choice for Boeing's CH-47 Chinook official |website= aviacionline.com |date= 1 June 2022 |access-date= 19 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Germany – CH-47F Chinook Helicopters {{!}} Defense Security Cooperation Agency |url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/germany-ch-47f-chinook-helicopters |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=www.dsca.mil}}</ref> Germany is planning to buy sixty airframes to boost heavy lift capability.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-11 |title=US approves $8.5 billion sale of Chinook helicopters to Germany |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/us-approves-8-5-billion-sale-of-chinook-helicopters-to-germany/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Spain had seventeen CH-47s which it is planning to upgrade CH-47F standard.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waldron |first1=Greg |title=Boeing to upgrade Spain CH-47D fleet to CH-47F standard |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-upgrade-spain-ch-47d-fleet-to-f-standard-454783/ |website=Flight Global |access-date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190104213912/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-upgrade-spain-ch-47d-fleet-to-f-standard-454783/ |archive-date=4 January 2019 |location=Singapore |date=4 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> By 2023, thirteen CH-47D were upgraded to CH-47F, and additionally, four new-built CH-47F were acquired.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=Spain prefers Boeing CH-47F Block I heavy helicopters, buys 18th |url=https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/07/23/spain-prefers-boeing-ch-47f-block-i-heavy-helicopters-buys-18th/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>