Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.

Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.

Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.

Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.

Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.

Seen during operations in Afghanistan, 'Bravo November‘ is the first of nine older Chinooks that the UK is to swap out for newer models in the coming years. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

The retirement of ‘Bravo November' earlier in March marked the start of the United Kingdom's plan to swap out some of its earliest Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters with newbuild platforms in the coming years.

With the iconic ‘Bravo November' delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Cosford, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes on 21 March that it intends to withdraw a further eight of the oldest-model Chinooks it first received in 1981, with the introduction of 14 of the latest-model helicopters in the coming years.