Editing Boeing CH-47 Chinook (section)

===Falklands War===
{{see also|Boeing Chinook (UK variants)#Operational history}}

The Chinook was used both by Argentina and the United Kingdom during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/666369341.html?dids=666369341:666369341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+21%2C+1982&author=Associated+Press&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=BRITISH+AIR+AND+LAND+FORCES+OUTNUMBERED&pqatl=google |title= British air and land forces outnumbered |work= The Boston Globe |date= 21 May 1982 |access-date= 5 July 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026041945/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/666369341.html?dids=666369341:666369341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+21,+1982&author=Associated+Press&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=BRITISH+AIR+AND+LAND+FORCES+OUTNUMBERED&pqatl=google |archive-date= 26 October 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

The [[Argentine Air Force]] and the [[Argentine Army]] each deployed two CH-47C helicopters, which were widely used in general transport duties. Of the Army's aircraft, one was destroyed on the ground by [[ADEN cannon|30&nbsp;mm cannon fire]] from an RAF GR3 [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Harrier]], while the other was captured by the British and reused after the war.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8157265.stm |title=MoD uses 'cut and shut' chopper |date=18 July 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722131831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8157265.stm |archive-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/F64argaircraftlost.htm|title=Argentine Aircraft Lost - Falklands War 1982|website=www.naval-history.net}}</ref> Both Argentine Air Force helicopters returned to Argentina<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/Chinook-FAA/|title=Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinook in Argentina - Fuerza Aerea Argentina|work=Helis.com|access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> and remained in service until 2002.

Three British Chinooks were destroyed on 25 May 1982 when [[SS Atlantic Conveyor|''Atlantic Conveyor'']] was struck by an [[Exocet]] sea-skimming missile fired by an Argentine [[Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard|Super Étendard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/royalairforcech47chinookbravonovember.cfm|title=RAF - Royal Air Force CH47 Chinook 'Bravo November'|publisher=[[Royal Air Force]]|access-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405224655/http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/royalairforcech47chinookbravonovember.cfm|archive-date=5 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Air War Southp147-8">Ethell and Price 1983, pp. 147–148.</ref><ref name="Air War South p151-2">Ethell and Price 1983, pp. 151–152.</ref> The sole surviving British Chinook, [[Bravo November]], did outstanding service in the Falklands, lifting 81 troops on one occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airvectors.net/avch47_2.html|title=The Boeing Chinook|work=airvectors.net|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720122023/http://airvectors.net/avch47_2.html|archive-date=20 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since April 2022, it has been on display at [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Helicopter legend 'Bravo November' heads to Cosford |url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/whats-going-on/news/helicopter-legend-bravo-november-heads-to-cosford/ |website=RAF Museum |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Flickr - The U.S. Army - www.Army.mil (193).jpg|thumb|U.S. Army soldiers ride inside a Chinook, November 2008.]]