mil mi-26 is the biggest airplane in the world with rotary wing.
mil mi-26 is the biggest airplane in the world with rotary wing.
which one is the biggest airplane in the world with rotary wing?
mil mi-26
a detachment of two chinooks operated in afghanistan during 2006 to 2007 and 2008 to 2013. the detachment was designated the aviation support element during 2006 and 2007, and renamed the rotary wing group in 2008. the initial detachment arrived at kandahar international airport in march 2006, and was tasked with supporting the australian special forces task group in the country. the upgrades the helicopters had received proved successful, and allowed them to operate in combat alongside other coalition ch-47s. after the special forces task group was withdrawn in september 2006 the helicopters remained in the country and were used to support coalition forces, with a particular emphasis on the australian units located in urozgan province. the detachment was withdrawn to australia in february 2007, and did not deploy again until february 2008. during this period all six helicopters received further upgrades, which included new engines and blue force tracker equipment. during subsequent years the detachment was withdrawn to australia over the afghan winters, and redeployed each northern spring. as the chinooks' tasking was controlled by the international security assistance force, the adf chartered a russian mil mi-26 between 2010 and 2013 to provide the australian forces in afghanistan with a dedicated heavylift helicopter. by the end of the final rotation on 14 september 2013, the helicopters had flown more than 6,000 hours in combat and transported almost 40,000 personnel. preparing for and sustaining the rotary wing group rotations absorbed most of c squadron's resources throughout this period, and chinooks were rarely available for other army training or operational tasks.
boeing ch-47 chinook in australian service
on 1 april 1949, the united states navy formally established a rotary wing flight test section under flight test order no. 2-49 whereby all tests and trials of rotary wing aircraft and associated equipment would be conducted under a rotary wing section of the naval air test center's flight test division. this rotary wing section was responsible for the scheduling of tests and development of criteria for reporting the test results for rotary wing aircraft types. this designation was maintained until april 4, 1975 when rotary test and evaluation was established as its own separate aircraft test directorate known as the "rotary wing aircraft test directorate" (rwatd). rwatd was then redesignated into the rotary wing [aircraft] test squadron (rwats) on july 21, 1995. rwats finally became air test and evaluation squadron two one on may 1, 2002 to better align with fleet squadron naming conventions.
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