Forces of Valor Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-47JA Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter - JG-2981, 103rd Squadron, 1st Helicopter Group, Camp Kisarazu, Kisarazu, Japan (1:72 Scale)

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Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-47JA Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter - JG-2981, 103rd Squadron, 1st Helicopter Group, Camp Kisarazu, Kisarazu, Japan (1:72 Scale)

Forces of Valor Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-47JA Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter - JG-2981, 103rd Squadron, 1st Helicopter Group, Camp Kisarazu, Kisarazu, Japan

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Forces of Valor FOV821005F Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-47JA Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter - JG-2981, 103rd Squadron, 1st Helicopter Group, Camp Kisarazu, Kisarazu, Japan (1:72 Scale) "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away - an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye."
- General Douglas MacArthur, making a farewell address to Congress after being sacked by President Harry S. Truman

The CH-47 is a twin-engine, tandem rotor helicopter designed for transportation of cargo, troops, and weapons during day, night, visual, and instrument conditions. Development of the medium lift Boeing Vertol (models 114 and 414) CH-47 Series Chinook began in 1956. Since then the effectiveness of the Chinook has been continually upgraded by successive product improvements, the CH-47A, CH-47B, CH-47C, and CH-47D. The amount of load a cargo helicopter can carry depends on the model, the fuel on board, the distance to be flown, and atmospheric conditions.

The MH-47G Special Operations Aviation (SOA) version is currently being delivered to the U.S. Army. It is similar to the MH-47E, but features more sophisticated avionics including a digital Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS). The CAAS is a common glass cockpit used by different helicopters such as MH-60K/Ls, CH-53E/Ks, and ARH-70As. The MH-47G also incorporates all of the new sections of the CH-47F.

The new modernization program improves MH-47D and MH-47E Special Operations Chinooks to the MH-47G design specs. A total of 25 MH-47E and 11 MH-47D aircraft were upgraded by the end of 2003. In 2002 the army announced plans to expand the Special Operations Aviation Regiment via an additional 12 MH-47G helicopters. The final MH-47G Chinook was delivered to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command on February 10th, 2011. Modernization of MH-47D/E Chinooks to MH-47G standard is due for completion in 2015.

The British MOD confirmed that while the US does not currently export the model, the two countries are currently in discussion regarding the MH-47G.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Boeing-Vertol CH-47JA Chinook Heavy Lift Helicopter from the 103rd Squadron, 1st Helicopter Group, which is deployed to Camp Kisarazu, Kisarazu, Japan. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 9-inches
Rotorspan: 10-inches

Release Date: November 2020

Historical Account: "Defending Nippon" - The CH-47J is a medium-transport helicopter for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The differences between the CH-47J and the CH-47D are the engine, rotor brake and avionics, for use for general transportation, SAR and disaster activity like U.S. forces. The CH-47JA, introduced in 1993, is a long-range version of the CH-47J, fitted with an enlarged fuel tank, an AAQ-16 FLIR in a turret under the nose, and a partial glass cockpit. Both versions are built under license in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who produced 61 aircraft by April 2001.

The Japan Defense Agency ordered 54 aircraft of which 39 were for the JGSDF and 15 were for the JASDF. Boeing supplied flyable aircraft, to which Kawasaki added full avionics, interior, and final paint. The CH-47J model Chinook (N7425H) made its first flight in January 1986, and it was sent to Kawasaki in April. Boeing began delivering five CH-47J kits in September 1985 for assembly at Kawasaki.