What Does RAF Odiham's Chinook Forces Do? | Forces TV

RAF Odiham is home to the UK Chinook Force and the Royal Air Force Chinook Display Team. During the coronavirus pandemic, the Hampshire base's helicopters have continued flying, maintaining their flying programme and stepping up to assist in the COVID-19 response. Last month, we went to Odiham to meet the personnel who keep the aircraft flying.
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[@jacko101]

I did 12 years on Chinooks at Odiham, left in 2001. No beards or safety helmets back then, just green denim overalls with so much oil on them they were waterproof. lol

[@allandavis8201]

WTF, I am so glad I got out in 2003, It is just wrong, RAF personnel with facial hair is just not the way it should be, I am just an old timer with different perspective and values, or old git I suppose.

[@overtheworl]

@@allandavis8201 yes. you are a dinosaur.

[@Mountianlions69]

Worked on these at Odiham until demob in 99, great times at Odiham.

[@MelonHead887]

Tried and true engineering marvel. Always impressed when they swooped like some huge insect to drop or pick up troops in Afghanistan.

[@lxuisg9691]

Live in Alton , Hampshire.These boys have been going hard the last couple weeks Great work guys, appreciate what you do.👊

[@ianmelvin5843]

Love the Chinook (shi-nook), didn't have the chance to work on it though. I was at Odiham from 1971-73, on 72 Sqdn with the Wessex HC2, then on to 18 Sqdn at Gutersloh, also Wessex, got out in 1976 & left for Canada. From 1983-86 worked on the Kiowa with the Canadian Armed Forces (Air Reserve).

[@gavg89iiuktvii35]

Thank you for your Service God Bless You 🙏🏻🇬🇧🙏🏻

[@glowskulls100]

Miss seeing them now living in Ceredigion, use to see them with landrover lightweights slung underneath quite often where I was bought up in Crondall. Only see them now if there are exercise's going on in the hills.

[@davies4053]

Indeed, My Fellow Chinooks Working Away. Brilliant Work Lads Carry on.

[@Richy076]

Hey saw one of these beautiful beasts flying over my house

[@Armstrong321-x1s]

I live on the Isle of Wight where you get the occasional spitfire or cessna flying over, but every so often you hear the Roar of a chinook or sometimes a Merlin.

[@davepearce6359]

Great work all. Thank you.😊👍🏻

[@alessandrocarpi9898]

The World saw them in action during several Uk conflicts from Kosovo to Iraq via Afghanistan.

[@DavidSternburgYt]

@Hammerschlägen M Britain wasnt in the vietnam war though

[@DavidSternburgYt]

@Hammerschlägen M "uk conflicts"

[@pplpaul4747]

In the circuit with one of these at Lee-on-the-Solent a couple of weeks ago...

[@imranzazai7404]

Very professional forces.

[@Josh_Rhoades]

I’ve seen loads of chinooks in Milton Keynes

[@rogerhowell6269]

Great workhorse! 👍

[@rat_king-]

When your CG is so wack, you angle your rotors like hell to compensate. Basic Helicopter philosophy, Fixed wing gang says high

[@farmeresscherrylanford3539]

Daring prestigious skilled personnel to the job.

[@apexinstinct]

God save the queen!

[@ednelson9913]

They fly over my house is what they do

[@airbrushingbynick6071]

Takes me back. 240 O.C.U. All changed now.. Still got the Meteor out front?. Preferred my Pumas though.

[@1967AJB]

What do they do in Odiham? Spoil the peace and quiet in the Water Witch’s beer garden.

[@Bawdsey64]

Royal Air Force personnel with beards??????

[@HMSDaring1]

Yup... Regulations changed back in November to allow for beards in the RAF.

[@LZE.]

It's certainly strange to see RAF Airmen with a beard.

[@outdooradventureHungary]

is there a replacement for the chinook planned in the near future?

[@sailoroftheinternet3290]

It's meant to stay in service still 2040 or something so not really,
It's perfect at what it does so why get rid of it

[@d283jdsk2]

Fly?

[@etiennethibault9247]

Jsfaw and RAF sd flight

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

RAF Chinooks don’t have air to air refueling capability?

[@vinhly7530]

File 8K

[@von4764]

Ello

[@rafman016]

What do they do? Rather good hotel reviews on Trivago, actually! Tough job but someone has to do it 🧐

[@skylongskylong1982]

Please someone explain the beards
Cbrn (nbc) Respirators no longer a threat?

[@michaelguthrie7315]

Sky long Skylong ,beards are now permitted in RAF dependant on operational needs

[@JammyDodger45]

Do you think men have lost the capability to shave if we're in a war that is escalating to a near nuclear level?

[@stephenthomson2196]

beard why???

[@simonhool3073]

stephen Thomson Rules changed late last year

[@patshiels5429]

What’s with the beards

[@JammyDodger45]

Well when men don't scrape their faces with a really sharp piece of metal the hair that grows gets longer and longer until it forms a beard.
I hope that helps.

[@anthonyhopkins3100]

They do a good job however why has the discipline of shaving not been up held in the RAF?

[@JnglyL3g3nd]

Reg's changed last year and RAF personnel can now sport a beard along with the RN

[@privateaccount5400]

So the army fly em the raf maintain them?

[@sailoroftheinternet3290]

Raf fly them, the army don't have any

[@jb76489]

Day 14483 of the british being unable to pronounce Chinook

[@parisontour]

U American?

[@davidhouseman4328]

How do you pronounce it?

[@jb76489]

David Houseman shih-nook, not chin-ook

[@jb76489]

LYRICLLY nope

[@davidhouseman4328]

@Hammerschlägen M sounds like the classic westerners arguing how to say something and it ends up neither sounds like a Native saying the word.

[@Unkn.]

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