Helicopters

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Milestone First Five-Bladed H145, 20-Jan-21 : #leasing Milestone received first two five-bladed H145 helicopters. Will be operated by NHV in support of the German Air Force training program at Laupheim

NH90 Replaced CH-53 in Afghanistan, 24-Dec-20 : #Afghanistan Germany replaced their CH-53 helicopters deployed in Afghanistan with NH90. Bundeswehr heavy lift helicopters were first deployed 18 years ago

NHV H145 for Bundeswehr Training, 10-Dec-20 : NHV and Milestone leasing awarded contract to provide 1 H145/EC145T2 and 2 Bk117D3 (5-blades) helicopters (and maintenance) to German Air Force squadron HSG-64 in support of the H145M training program

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07-Mar-20 - German Exercise “Black Dagger” in Niger #Niger 11-Feb-20 - Elbit to Upgrade German CH-53 Self Protection Systems #SelfProtection 14-Dec-19 - German Future Helicopter Crew Helmet by ESG #helmet 05-May-19 - Flares Decoys Tested on German H145M #H145M 25-Sep-17 - Luftwaffe H145M in Jordan 26-Jun-17 - Luftwaffe Received 15th and Last H145M 19-Jun-17 - Esterline Avionics for Luftwaffe CH-53GS/GE Paris Air Show 2017 27-Feb-17 - Airbus to Retrofit 26 German CH-53 09-Mar-16 - German H145M First Pilots Complete Training 01-Mar-16 - Multi-Function Displays for German CH-53GS/GE 26-Feb-16 - Norwegian NH90 Self Protection Suite 17-Feb-16 - Cold Blade 2016 in Finland 08-Dec-15 - First Two H145M Delivered to German Armed Forces 23-Jun-15 - Italian Blade 2015 Multinational Helicopter Exercise 05-Jun-15 - Mass Casualty Exercise Angel Thunder 2015 02-Jun-15 - Luftwaffe Signs Contract for H145M 27-Nov-14 - Bundeswehr EC645T2 First Flight 14-Jul-14 - Donaldson filters for German CH-53GA upgrades 11-Jul-13 - 15 EC645 T2 LUH for German KSK special forces 12-Sep-12 - First CH-53GA handed over 10-Feb-10 - CH-53GA Completes Maiden Flight 18-Jun-09 - Eurocopter to Retrofit 26 CH-53GS/GE for CSAR

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	Rotary Wing Aircraft Unit		Created	Disband
	LuftwaffenInstandhaltungsRegiment 2 - Air Force Maintenance Regiment 2	LIR2	?	--
	Wehrtechnische Dienstelle Luftfahrzeuge 61 - Defense Technical Department 61	WTD61	1957	--
	Lufttransportgeschwader 61 - Air Transport Squadron 61	LTG61	1957	--
	Lufttransportgeschwader 62 - Air Transport Squadron 62	LTG62	1959	--
	Lufttransportgeschwader 63 - Air Transport Squadron 63	LTG63	1961	--
	Hubschraubertransportgeschwader 64 - Helicopter Transport Squadron 64	HTG64	1966	1993
	Hubschraubergeschwader 64 - Helicopter Squadron 64	HSG64	2010	--
	1 Luftrettungs und Verbindungsstaffel - Air Rescue and Liaison Squadron 1	1 LVS	1959	1966
	2 Luftrettungs und Verbindungsstaffel - Air Rescue and Liaison Squadron 2	2 LVS	1959	1966
	3 Luftrettungs und Verbindungsstaffel - Air Rescue and Liaison Squadron 3	3 LVS	1959	1966
	Flugbereitshaft des Bundesministerium der Verteidigung - flight readiness	FBS BMVg	1957	--

Bases and Locations Login to Edit Base / Heliport Units on this Location    Berlin-Tegel FBS BMVg 1994/       Cologne Bonn FBS BMVg 1957/       Hohn LTG63 1967/       Ingolstadt/Manching WTD61 1965/       Landsberg / Penzing LTG61 1971/       Laupheim HSG64 2013/       Wunstorf LTG62 1978/    Model Types Login to Edit Model Del'd From To   AH H145 / BK117D3 2021   AH H145M / EC645T2 15 2015   NHI NH90 TTH 2010 2013   VFW CH-53G 2010   EC Super Puma/Cougar 3 1997   Mil Mi-8 Hip (1st Gen) 1990 1997   Mil Mi-2 Hoplite 25 1990 1992   Dornier UH-1D 147 1968 2013   Sikorsky S-64A 2 1963 1968   Bell 47G-2 8 1960 1974   Bristol Type 171 Sycamore 46 1957 1969   Agusta AB47G-2 31 1957 1974   B-V V43 5 1957 1972