RAF CHINOOK CREW

AIRCREW: RAF CHINOOK ARTWORK: IAN BOTT (www.ianbottillustration.co.uk) RAF ChinookHC1s provided support forUKforces engaged in the multi-national peacekeeping force in Lebanon in 1983-84. Here, aNo 7Squadron aircraft comes asawelcome sight to the troops based inBeirut as it makes another supply run. AnRAF ChinookHC1pilot exercising the type’s remarkable agility during the1980s. JAMES KIGHTLY A crewmanon the rampduring Exercise ‘Jebel Sahara’ in theNorth African desert, ready tocall any hazards to the pilot during landing. SACNEIL CHAPMAN/ DEFENCE IMAGERY The Boeing Chinook is one