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Airbus Delivers Two of 15 H145M Helicopters To Germany

Friday, December 11th, 2015

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Airbus Helicopters delivered the first two of 15 H145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the company said Dec. 8.The helicopters are to be used in Germany by the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), the German Army’s Special Forces, in Laupheim, Germany. The H145M, a lightweight military multi-role helicopter, is the military version of the civil H145 that entered service in summer 2014. Airbus noted the civil version recently reached 10,000 flying hours in customer operations.H145M can be used for operations…

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