Reports show Chinook downwash moved other helos, blew off roofs

In the battle for the U.S. Air Force's combat, search and rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter fleet construction contract worth up to $15 billion, the amount of downwash the aircraft can produce is stirring up controversy. Boeing, which has won the contract, says its HH-47 Chinook variant may be bigger, but...

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