The Chinooks were taken out of RAAF service when Kim Beasley was Defence Minister.
The mighty Black Hawks had arrived, and the story told by the Minister was that they could do the job of the Chinooks, at a much better price.
The Chinooks were stored in an air-conditioned hangar at Amberley for years, until they were traded-n on the D models.
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