{"id":58032,"date":"2024-12-11T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58032"},"modified":"2024-12-17T04:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:54:54","slug":"the-return-of-several-spanish-military-helicopters-from-iraq-on-a-ukrainian-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/11\/the-return-of-several-spanish-military-helicopters-from-iraq-on-a-ukrainian-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of several Spanish military helicopters from Iraq on a Ukrainian plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the deployment of several of the helicopters that the Spanish Army had in Iraq has ended.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/13\/the-loading-of-two-spanish-ch-47f-chinook-helicopters-on-a-ukrainian-antonov-an-124\/\">The loading of two Spanish CH-47F Chinook helicopters on a Ukrainian Antonov An-124<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/02\/the-delivery-operation-of-a-ch-47f-chinook-helicopter-to-spain-with-an-american-c-17\/\">The delivery operation of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter to Spain with an American C-17<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The General Staff of the Defense (EMAD) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EMADmde.es\/posts\/pfbid02qVR6P4mgeHBTeK3wnJ5vFH34vJpGBgtCi9PXqXReShJxpqwr3yahcibtutCBmXcwl?rdid=PHy14qvugQ6gS6I8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has announced today<\/a> <strong>the withdrawal of the three helicopters of the Army Air Forces (FAMET) stationed at Al Asad Air Base<\/strong>. These helicopters, of the CH-47F Chinook model, have been operated by the so-called Task Force Toro or ISPUHEL XX, in the NATO mission to support Iraq against ISIS terrorists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embarcan en aviones #Antonov, los nuevos #Helic\u00f3pteros #Chinook CH47 &quot;F&quot; \ud83d\udc49Su destino #Iraq.\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f0YLgf2S3BY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you may recall, <strong>in April these CH-47Fs relieved the AS-532 Cougars of the FAMET deployed in Iraq<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/13\/the-loading-of-two-spanish-ch-47f-chinook-helicopters-on-a-ukrainian-antonov-an-124\/\">The CH-47Fs were shipped to Iraq using an Antonov An-124 Ruslan<\/a>, a huge transport aircraft operated by the Ukrainian company Antonov Airlines. <strong>Above these lines you can see the video published by the Army on April 13<\/strong> showing the transfer of these helicopters in the aforementioned aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54198233661_36a79442bb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EMADmde.es\/posts\/pfbid02qVR6P4mgeHBTeK3wnJ5vFH34vJpGBgtCi9PXqXReShJxpqwr3yahcibtutCBmXcwl?rdid=PHy14qvugQ6gS6I8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EMAD published these four photos of the boarding of one of the CH-47Fs, the HT.17-29A ET-429<\/a> (from the V Transport Helicopter Battalion, BHELTRA V), on an An-124. According to information published by <a href=\"https:\/\/planefinder.net\/data\/flight\/ADB3888\/history\/4-83786137\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plane Finder<\/a>, <strong>the Ukrainian aircraft, the An-124 UR-82072<\/strong> (one of seven aircraft of this type operated by Antonov Airlines), <strong>arrived in Madrid this afternoon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54197334337_64f8ab6001_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as was done during its deployment, we see that <strong>the rotors of the CH-47F and the pylons that support them were removed<\/strong> in order to load this helicopter onto the An-124. Here we see the helicopter with its cockpit protected by a black cover, as well as its two engines, being introduced into the cargo hold of the An-124 through its front access (the aircraft also has a cargo access in its tail).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54198233671_a29e2e37f2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The CH-47F is the largest military helicopter in Spain<\/strong>. Its fuselage measures 16 metres long and 3.78 metres wide. The cargo hold of the An-124 measures 36.5 metres long, 6.4 metres wide and 4.4 metres high.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54198485589_0907ce1a4f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The CH-47F already on board the An-124.<\/strong> Above we can see the Chinook's engines protected by covers. Below, to the left of the helicopter's rear ramp, we can see the CH-47F's countermeasures launchers, also protected by covers. <strong>An operation of this type is always something spectacular.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: Estado Mayor de la Defensa.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the deployment of several of the helicopters that the Spanish Army had in Iraq has ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11544],"tags":[1047],"class_list":["post-58032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-army","tag-boeing-ch-47-chinook"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 08:00:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}