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Medium Transport Helicopter
CH-47 Chinook

The CH-47 Chinook medium transport helicopter was developed by Boeing. This helicopter has been sold to 16 countries with the US Army and United Kingdom Royal Air Forces are the largest operators. Over 1 100 CH-47 Chinook helicopters are built to date. Over 600 of them are still in service.

The CH-47 Chinook was first introduced in 1962. The initial models A, B, and C were used during Vietnam war. In 1982 an improved CH-47D entered service with the US Army and remained in production till 1994. It is an easy upgradeable helicopter, and the US Army is going to maintain it's Chinooks until 2018, when the CH-47F will enter a full-scale production.

CH-47 Chinook prepares to lift a field gun The CH-47 Chinook is a transport helicopter that facilitates heavy airlifting. It is capable of taking on multiple missions. Primary objective for this helicopter is to carry artillery, troops, ammunition and other supply materials. It is also capable to recover aircraft and conducting search and rescue missions.

The future CH-47F will have an improved airframe, number of structural enhancements, improved avionics and communication systems, advanced flight control system. It will also have uprated 4 900 shp engines and a number of other improvements.

Chinook is powered by two engines, delivering power to two contra-rotating rotors. Such arrangement made a vertical tail rotor unnecessary. This helicopter has a top speed of 315 km/h.

The Boeing 234 Chinook is a commercial version of the CH-47. The 234 Chinook is used for logging, constructions, petrol exploration support, fire fighting and so on.

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Area 51

MH-53J Pave Low IIIE is a modified version of the HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, a heavy lift helicopter which was used extensively during the Vietnam War. The MH-53J's mission is to perform low-level, long-range, undetected penetration into denied areas, day or night, in adverse weather, for infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces.

The MH-53 helicopter is a highly versatile aircraft. It is used for a variety of missions, usually in conjunction with special operations. The MH-53 is a two-engine, single-rotor, heavy-lift helicopter. It has a crew of six and can be refueled while in flight. It has a precision navigational and communications package, which makes it excellent for conducting deep infiltration and exfiltration missions. The MH-53 helicopter can fly at night in all weather and terrain conditions. It can follow down to 100 feet and operate from unprepared sites. It is fitted with three gun stations for a mix of 7.62-mm miniguns and caliber .50 machine guns.

Under the Pave Low III program, the Air Force modified nine MH-53H's and 32 HH-53s for night and adverse weather operations. Modifications included forward-looking infrared, inertial global positioning system, Doppler navigation systems, terrain-following and terrain-avoidance radar, an on-board computer, and integrated avionics to enable precise navigation to and from target areas. The Air Force designated these modified versions as MH-53J's.

The MH-53J Pave Low III heavy-lift helicopter is the largest and most powerful helicopter in the Air Force inventory, and the most technologically advanced helicopter in the world. Its terrain-following, terrain-avoidance radar and forward-looking infrare d sensor, along with a projected map display, enable the crew to follow terrain contours and avoid obstacles, making low-level penetration possible.

The helicopter is equipped with armor plating, and a combination of three 7.62mm miniguns or .50 caliber machine guns. It can transport 38 troops or 14 litters and has an external cargo hook with a 20,000-pound (9,000-kilogram) capacity.

The MH-53J has twin turbo-shaft engines; self-lubricating, all-metal main and tail rotors; and a large horizontal stabilizer on the tail rotor pylon's right side.

The MH-53J Pave Low is a modified version of the HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter used extensively during the Vietnam War for special operations and rescue of combat personnel. During past space programs, the HH-53 was on duty at the launch site as the primary astronaut recovery vehicle. Under the Air Force's Pave Low IIIE program, nine MH-53H's and 32 HH-53s were modified for night and adverse weather operations and designated MH-53J's. Their modifications included forward-looking infrared, iner tial global positioning system, Doppler navigation systems, a terrain-following and terrain-avoidance radar, an on-board computer and integrated avionics to enable precise navigation to and from target areas.

MH-53J's were used in a variety of missions during Desert Storm. Pave Lows were among the first aircraft into Iraq when they led Army AH-64 Apaches to destroy Iraqi early warning radars and opened a hole in enemy air defenses for the opening air armada. In addition to infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special forces teams throughout Iraq and Kuwait, Pave Lows provided search and rescue coverage for coalition air forces in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey and the Persian Gulf.

An MH-53J made the first successful combat recovery of a downed pilot in Desert Storm. Following the war, MH-53J's were deployed to Northern Iraq to support Operation Provide Comfort, assisting displaced Kurds. Pave Lows were also used extensively during Operation Just Cause in Panama.

The 58th Special Operations Wing TH-53A is the first model of the H-53 helicopter students learn to fly before going to the more advanced MH-53J Pave Low IIIE. The 58th SOW offers more than 90 courses for special operations and combat search and rescue troops at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM. Courses include transition and instruments, aerial refueling, airdrops, helicopter hoist and combat tactics training. The wing trains some 1,600 students each year in HH-60 Pave Hawk, UH-1N Huey, TH-53A and MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopters, and MC-130 Combat Talon and MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft.

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Heinz 57!!

Illinois 59 is a major four-lane arterial for most of its length, running parallel to and about five miles (8 km) east of the Fox River in Illinois. It is especially crowded in the suburbs of Naperville, West Chicago, and Plainfield. Most of Illinois 59 in that area is zoned commercially for about 5 miles (8 kilometers). Illinois 59 is the only numbered highway with a Metra station named after it on the BNSF line; this name differentiates the station from the main Naperville station further east on the line.[3]

Illinois 59 is called Sutton Road in the vicinity of U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street) and Illinois Route 19 (Irving Park Road). Route 59 is called Neltnor Blvd. in the vicinity of Illinois Route 64 (North Avenue). Illinois Route 59 is known as Barrington Rd./Hough St. through Barrington. In the Shorewood area, Route 59 is known as Cottage St. and Brookforest Ave.

Between Interstate 90 (the Northwest Tollway) and West Chicago, Illinois 59 runs through Hoffman Estates, Streamwood and Bartlett.

Illinois 59 overlaps U.S. Route 12 (Rand Road) between Wauconda and Fox Lake.