Boeing Marks 50 Years of Delivering Chinook Helicopters

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., Aug. 16, 2012 – As Boeing [NYSE: BA] marks the 50th anniversary of delivering the first H-47 Chinook military helicopter, the company is nearing completion of a $130 million renovation of its production line near Philadelphia that will help it meet global demand for the latest model, the CH-47F. Pictured here is a Vietnam War-era CH-47A.

Photo credit: U.S. Army photo