Boeing CH-47 Chinook had remained in both production and frontline service for over 50 years. The military version of the helicopter has been subject to numerous export sales from nations across the world, typically using it as heavy-lift rotorcraft in a military context; the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force (see Boeing Chinook (UK variants)) have been its two largest users. The civilian version of the Chinook is the Boeing Vertol 234. It has been used for a variety of purposes by a range of different civil operators, having often been used for passenger and cargo transport, along with niche roles such
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