MH-47 Chinook Heavy-Assault Helicopter

The Boeing MH-47G Chinook is a heavy-assault twin-rotor helicopter. It has a Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) for insertion of personnel and equipment, and a trio of machine guns. The Chinook has a crew of three and carries around 30 troops. And, on May 2, 2011, one ferried the body of Osama bin Laden out of Pakistan for the last time.

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