The article was promoted by Sarastro1 via FACBot ( talk) 22:02, 4 April 2018 [1].
The latest in my occasional series on aircraft operated by the Australian military covers a large helicopter type which has been operated in various forms since 1974. A total of 30 Chinooks have been acquired by the military, and have provided useful service in Australia and overseas. This has included combat operations in Afghanistan, an embarrassing deployment during the 2003 Iraq War and an amazingly varied set of duties domestically (my favourite being transporting bulldozers onto a grounded iron ore ship!). No single detailed sources on the history of the helicopter in Australian service exist, and I've developed the article from a large number of sources to fill the gap. This appears to have been successful, with elements of article recently being lightly paraphrased on (to put things kindly) for an article in a commercial defence magazine.
This article was assessed as GA class in July 2016, and passed a military history Wikiproject A-class review last October. It has since been further expanded and copy edited, and I'm hopeful that it meets the FA criteria. Thank you in advance for your comments. Nick-D ( talk) 21:46, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria ( talk) 01:42, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Subject to the above, sources look in good order and of the required standards of quality and reliability. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Support Comments by JennyOz
Hi Nick, I've had a gnome's look...
That's it, regards, JennyOz ( talk) 13:02, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Support Placeholder by Ian -- I reviewed at GAN or ACR (or both!) so will visit here when I get the chance... Cheers,
Ian Rose (
talk)
23:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Well done again Nick. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:34, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Support by Hawkeye7
The article was promoted by Sarastro1 via FACBot ( talk) 22:02, 4 April 2018 [1].
The latest in my occasional series on aircraft operated by the Australian military covers a large helicopter type which has been operated in various forms since 1974. A total of 30 Chinooks have been acquired by the military, and have provided useful service in Australia and overseas. This has included combat operations in Afghanistan, an embarrassing deployment during the 2003 Iraq War and an amazingly varied set of duties domestically (my favourite being transporting bulldozers onto a grounded iron ore ship!). No single detailed sources on the history of the helicopter in Australian service exist, and I've developed the article from a large number of sources to fill the gap. This appears to have been successful, with elements of article recently being lightly paraphrased on (to put things kindly) for an article in a commercial defence magazine.
This article was assessed as GA class in July 2016, and passed a military history Wikiproject A-class review last October. It has since been further expanded and copy edited, and I'm hopeful that it meets the FA criteria. Thank you in advance for your comments. Nick-D ( talk) 21:46, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria ( talk) 01:42, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
Subject to the above, sources look in good order and of the required standards of quality and reliability. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
Support Comments by JennyOz
Hi Nick, I've had a gnome's look...
That's it, regards, JennyOz ( talk) 13:02, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Support Placeholder by Ian -- I reviewed at GAN or ACR (or both!) so will visit here when I get the chance... Cheers,
Ian Rose (
talk)
23:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Well done again Nick. Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 11:34, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
Support by Hawkeye7