text: 110624 n th989 234 pul e khumri, afghanistan june 24, 2011 a ch 47f chinook conducts a mission in northern afghanistan the ch 47f chinook is capable of completing various types of missions in afghanistan, the improved cargo helicopter can carry payloads of more than 21,00lbs, provide fire support, air defense, transportation of ground forces, and battle critical cargo us navy photo by mass communication specialist 2nd class jonathan david chandlerreleased