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Airbus Delivers First Two Of Five H145M Helicopters To Thailand

Friday, April 29th, 2016

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Airbus Delivers First Two Of Five H145M Helicopters To Thailand

The H145M Helicopter, a lightweight military multi-role model. Photo: Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus delivered the first two of five total H145M helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy following a successful technical acceptance, the company said Friday.The lightweight multi-role H145M is the military version of the civil H145 that entered service in mid-2014 and separately has achieved 15,000 flying hours in customer operations, Airbus said. It has a maximum take-off weight of 3.7 tons and can be used in missions including naval, utility, reconnaissance, search and rescue, medical evacuation, and armed scout.Airbus highlighted…

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