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...in 2009, the Canadian Forces began operating the CH-47D and F models of the Chinook transport helicopter, including several in Afghanistan. This dramatically increased their ability to independently carry out operations on their own and was greeted with alot of relief by the force on the ground when the craft finally arrived.

But what a lot of people don't realize is that the Canadian Forces already operated the Chinook: from the mid-1970s to 1991, the CF operated a small Chinook fleet that it sold to the Netherlands.

The deployment to Afghanistan (some could say the deployments to Bosnia and other places) left the Canadian military in an odd position: it had a use for a transport system that it had but didn't have.


So...what if the Canadian Forces didn't sell their Chinook fleet in 1991, and instead decided to keep it at least at it's current strength?
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