Our CH147F's are "Canadianized", incorporating a hockey sock of modifications that makes them look more like a MH-47G/HH-47F. Features that differentiate it from the D model are the extended radome, the EO/IR turret under the nose, the forward landing gear have been moved forward of the first circular cabin windows over the sponsons (D's have the landing gear just aft of that window), they can also be fitted with the FAT tanks (the reason the landing gear was moved forward), the screens on the top of the aft pylon forward of the rotor are different and the additional antennas and defensive sensor lumps and bumps. Some of the features left off from the MH-47G/HH-47F are multi-mode radar, AAR probe and rescue hoist.
Some of the pictures US Army and international F model Chinooks are re-built D models and don't include all the features of the new build F models.
Some of the other features that have appeared since they have come into service include the C6 MG mounts in the starboard door, port forward cabin window/emergency exit and on the aft ramp (I don't believe the M134 Minigun or GAU-21 0.50 cal have been cleared yet), the AN/AAQ-24 Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) pods on the aft part of the sponsons and the "Coffee Can" particle separators in place of the conical ones. These and the FAT tanks can be mission dependent so may not always be installed. The ones that were here for Maple Resolve had them all installed.
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CH147F on UN operation in Mali.
Cheers,
Rich
