26-Sep-22 - A German Luftwaffe CH-53 heavy helicopter was successfully loaded into the A300-600ST Beluga cargo plane during tests performed at Airbus’ Manching site #beluga
11-May-21 - Rheinmetall Aviation Services takes over maintenance of first two German Air Force (Luftwaffe) CH-53G transport helicopters at Diepholz Air Base #CH53G
24-Dec-20 - Germany replaced their CH-53 helicopters deployed in Afghanistan with NH90. Bundeswehr heavy lift helicopters were first deployed 18 years ago #Afghanistan
11-Feb-20 - Israeli Elbit to provide Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) and Electronic Warfare Controller (EWC) to upgrade self-protection systems for German CH‑53GS/GE helicopters #SelfProtection
27-Feb-17 - Airbus Helicopters awarded contract to replace obsolescence components of the German Sikorsky CH-53GS fleet. Work will be carried out in Donauworth starting this year thru 2022
01-Mar-16 - German CH-53GS/GE helicopters to be upgraded with Esterline CMC Electronics’ CMA-9000 Flight Management System (FMS) and MFD-3068 Multi-Function Displays
17-Feb-16 - Finnish NH90 and German CH-53GA will be part of European Defence Agency (EDA) Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP) exercise Cold Blade 2016 in Ivalo in Northern Finland March 7-18
05-Jun-15 - Angel Thunder 2015 saw US Army CH-47D Chinooks, German Air Force CH-53GS and USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters along students from local universities in a mass casualty exercise in northern Arizona
14-Jul-14 - Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc, has been selected to provide air filtration systems for CH-53 transport helicopters that Airbus Helicopters is upgrading for the German military.
