RAF to receive 14 new Chinook helicopters
The Royal Air Force will receive 14 new Chinook helicopters in a £1bn contract, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox has announced.
The deal, with US firm Boeing, will bring the total force of Chinooks to 60 - the biggest capability in Europe.
The number is a reduction on the 22 extra aircraft originally ordered by the last government.
22 Aug 2011
- From the section UK