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Indonesia Set to Buy Chinooks
Boeing DSS outlined its sales prospects in the Asia Pacific region at a Singapore Airshow press conference
Some 55 years after its first flight, Boeing’s CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter remains in production. If the parties conclude a proposed deal, as many as eight more soon may be going to Indonesia, Boeing’s Jeff Kohler acknowledged yesterday at Singapore Airshow 2016.
Some 55 years after its first flight, Boeing’s CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter remains in production. If the parties conclude a proposed deal, as many as eight more soon may be going to Indonesia, Boeing’s Jeff Kohler acknowledged yesterday at Singapore Airshow 2016.

Indonesia looks set to become the 24th country to acquire the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. “They have asked the U.S. government for a Letter of Offer, and I’m meeting them here,” said Jeff Kohler, v-p global sales for Boeing Defense, Space & Security yesterday. The number required was still uncertain, he added. Previous media reports about this potential sale have speculated on four to eight helicopters.