N.Y. Guard gets 3 new Chinook helicopters

The CH-47F aircraft will arrive from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday afternoon at Rochester International Airport.

The aircraft can be used to support state emergency response missions as the CH-47D helicopters flown out of Rochester did in 2011 and 2012 when they were used to move priority supplies.

The heavy lift helicopter can carry between 33 to 55 troops and lift up to 13 tons of cargo slung underneath the fuselage.

The helicopter is just under 100 feet long and 19 feet high. It is powered by two turbine engines driving two rotor blades that are 60 feet in diameter.

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