RIDLEY PARK, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Army is celebrating the newest version of its Chinook helicopter.
The block-two was built right here at Boeing's facility in Ridley Park, Delaware County.
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Local officials joined Army and Boeing leaders as they celebrated the helicopter's first flight.
It was July 2017 when Boeing won the contract to develop this next-generation Chinook.
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Officials say it will keep these manufacturing jobs in the Philadelphia area for at least the next 40 years.