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DRF Akademie Adds H145D3 Level 3 Flight Training Simulator

13-Mar-26 - DRF Akademie expands capacity with new Airbus H145D3 H10 Flight Training Device Level 3 from Reiser Simulation and Training, to be operated by Lufthansa Aviation Training in Frankfurt. #H145

ÖAMTC and ADAC Signs Long-Term H135, H140 and H145 Contract

11-Mar-26 - Austrian air ambulance ÖAMTC Flugrettung and German ADAC Luftrettung signed long-term framework contract with Airbus covering H135, H140 and H145 helicopters during VERTICON 2026 #Airbus

DRF Orders Four Additional H145D3 Air Ambulances

11-Mar-26 - DRF Luftrettung, one of Europe’s largest air rescue operators, has ordered four additional Airbus H145D3 helicopters at VERTICON 2026 to support its HEMS operations in Germany. #H145

DRF Luftrettung Begins Testing ERC System “Romeo” eVTOL

10-Feb-26 - The ERC System eVTOL prototype “Romeo”, one of the largest and heaviest electric vertical-lift aircraft flown in Europe, has begun flight testing with German air ambulance operator DRF Luftrettung near Munich. #eVTOL

DRF Luftrettung’s 2025 Mission Statistics

21-Jan-26 - German air ambulance service DRF Luftrettung completed 36,407 helicopter missions and repatriations in 2025, with Europe’s most modern fleet recording a 1.6% increase from 2024. #2025

DRF Opens Maintenance Facility in Straubing

08-Jan-26 - DRF Maintenance GmbH, part of DRF Luftrettung—one of Germany’s largest air ambulance operators—has inaugurated a new helicopter hangar in Straubing, Bavaria, in southern Germany. #Straubing

Christoph 44 Celebrates 45th Birthday

03-Jul-25 - DRF Luftrettung air ambulance base at Göttingen celebrates its 45th birthday. The Station started operations in 1980 with a Bell 206 helicopter #Gottingen

DRF Luftrettung Committed to German State Safety Policy

06-May-25 - German air ambulance DRF Luftrettung is committed to the principles and guidelines of the State Safety Policy which have been adopted by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) and the Federal Ministry of Defence #AviationSafety

German DRF Air Ambulance Receives 40th H145D3 Helicopter

12-Apr-25 - Airbus Donauwörth delivered a new H145D3 to DRF Luftrettung. The helicopter was transferred to DRF maintenance facility at Baden-Baden Airport where mechanics and avionics engineers are implementing a total of 18 modifications, 15 of which are proprietary developments by DRF Air Rescue #H145

ADAC and ÖAMTC Pre-order New H140 Helicopter

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