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Airbus Delivers Two of 15 H145M Helicopters To Germany

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

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Airbus Delivers Two of 15 H145M Helicopters To Germany

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

Airbus Helicopters delivered the first two of 15 H145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the company said Tuesday.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 including…

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