The purpose of this letter is to establish the Directorate for Development and Qualification position on the subject report. PAE 1 was the first Govecnment evaluation of the YCH-47D following contractor development testing. The evaluation was conducted to determine the development status and verify a flight envelope for operational testing. It is important to note that the intent of the Modernized Chinook program was to improve reliability and maintainability characteristics of the CH-47 helicopter. Consequently, numerous shortcomings inherent to the CH-47 helicopters were not corrected and hence still exist. These shortcomings are minor compared to the overall improvements resulting from the Mkoddernized Chinook effort and do not significantly impact the operational capability of the CH-47D. 2. This Directorate is not in complete agreement with the report findings, recoiormendations and conclusions. The following comments are provided relative to the preceding as well as conunents on corrective actions and are directed to the report paragraphs as indicated.
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