RAF Chinook over Worcester

Perhaps a long way from home as the RAF fleet of Chinook Support Helicopters is based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire.

The Chinook is a very capable and versatile support helicopter that can be operated in many diverse environments ranging from cold weather ‘arctic’ conditions to desert warfare operations. It has been involved in most of the recent UK operations such as the Falklands Conflict, Northern Ireland, the Gulf War, peace keeping in Bosnia, Kosovo operations, evacuation of Sierra Leone, operations in Iraq and more recently, in Afghanistan.