CH-47 Chinook
On 07 September 2001, the Army announced a significant acceleration of the Aviation Modernization Plan, as well as restructuring and standardizing lift and attack formations by the end of 2004. For example, heavy-lift (CH-47) companies will be reduced from 16 aircraft per company to 14. Although the number of aircraft is reduced, the number of maintenance units is not. Also in selected units, there will be more crewmembers available per aircraft. With more maintenance assets available for fewer aircraft, the operational readiness of the Army's aviation fleet should be enhanced, as it works to increase its operational readiness goal from its current 75 percent to 90 percent by 2004.
| Army Aircraft Density for FY98 -- FY04 | ||||||||||||||
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| Note: Airframe Density Forecast as of: 05 September 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| RA = Active Army, NG = National Guard, AR = Army Reserve | ||||||||||||||
| Aircraft | Installation | Unit | RA | NG | AR | FY 98 | FY 99 | FY 00 | FY 01 | FY 02 | FY 03 | FY 04 | ||
| CH-47D | Ft. Campbell | 7-101 Hvy Lift Bn | Y | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 16 | ||||
| Hunter AAF | B-2-159 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Y | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ft. Bragg | A-2-159 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Giebelstadt | A-5-159 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Cp Humphries | 2-501 Hvy Lift Bn | Y | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||||
| Ft Wainwright | 4-123 Thtr Avn Co | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Wheeler AAF | B-214 Hvy Lift Co | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Ft. Kobbe | 1-228 Cmd Avn Bn | Y | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Ft. Rucker | Avn Tech Test Ctr | Y | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Ft. Rucker | Avn School | Y | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | |||||
| Ft Lewis, Wa | E-168 Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Pendleton, Or | E/168 (Plt) Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Wheeler, Hi | C-193 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Grand Prairie, Tx | G-149 Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Grand Prairie, Ok | G-149 Hvy Lift (Plt) | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Stockton, Ca | G-140 Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Reno, Nv | G-140 Hvy Lift (Plt) | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Ft Indian Gap, Pa | G-104 Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Windsor Lake, Ct | G-104 Hvy Lift (Plt) | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Meridan, Ms | G-185 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Peoria, Il | H-106 Hvy Lift Co | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Davenport, Ia | H-106 Hvy Lift (Plt) | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Birmingham, Al | F-131 Hvy Lift | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Savanah, Ga | F-131 Jvy Lift (Plt) | Y | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Ft Indian Gap, Pa | East Area Tng Site | Y | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Olathe, Ks | C-2-158 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Ft Lewis, Wa | A-6-158 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Ft Eustis, Va | 5-159 Hvy Lift | Y | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Ft Eustis, Va | Training Aid Cat "B" | Y | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Corpus Ch, Tx | CCAD | Y | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||
| CONUS | Float Aircraft | Y | 25 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | |||||
| TOTAL CH-47D Helicopters | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 432 | 400 | |||||||
| CH-47ICH | Ft. Campbell | 7-101 Hvy Lift Bn | Y | 32 | ||||||||||
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