Boeing CH-47 Chinook the CH-47 have been developed since the helicopter entered service. The U.S. Army's first major design leap was the now-common CH-47D, which entered service in 1982. Improvements from the CH-47C included upgraded engines, composite rotor blades, a redesigned cockpit to reduce pilot workload, improved and redundant electrical systems, an advanced flight control system, and improved avionics. The latest mainstream generation is the CH-47F, which features several major upgrades to reduce maintenance, digitized flight controls, and is powered by two 4,733-horsepower Honeywell engines. A commercial model of the Chinook, the Boeing-Vertol Model 234, is used worldwide for logging, construction, fighting forest
Chinook Health Mennonites live in the Chinook Health region. Numbers vary as groups migrate between home communities in Central America and the region. Chinook Health operates 12 hospitals, 15 community health centres, and 5 continuing care facilities in 14 communities. The health region employs more people in Lethbridge than any other single organization. Employees include 3,500 staff and 200 physicians. Chinook Health provides the following services throughout the region: Chinook Health Chinook Health is part of Alberta Health Services, the governing body for healthcare regulation in the Canadian province of Alberta. Chinook Health administers public health services in southwestern Alberta, Canada; the