Category: Army Aviation

Hungarian Defence Forces Airbus H225M multi-purpose helicopter 0

First two Airbus H225M helicopters delivered to Hungary

The Hungarian Defence Forces have received the first two of 16 H225M multi-purpose helicopters on schedule. The helicopter was officially handed over at Szolnok Airbase by Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters. “I am...

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NATO Advanced Air Controller Training Completed Successfully.

Within the scope of Turkey-Slovakia Close Air Support Cooperation; NATO Forward Air Controller (FAC) training, which aims to destroy targets effectively by directing combat aircraft in the forward operational line to the targets from...

Nigerian Air Force Mi-171E (NAF 581) 0

Nigerian Air Force inducts Mi-171E helicopter

The NAF announced in January that two new AW109Ms and been delivered but its procurement of the Mi-171E was previously unreported. The Nigerian Air Force has received the first of two Mi-171E (NAF 581)...

Hungarian Air Ambulance's Airbus H135 0

Hungarian Air Ambulance becomes first helicopter operator to fully digitalise its support operation with Airbus

Purchases complete end-to-end solution, from digitisation to analytics Hungarian Air Ambulance’s H135 The operator. (Photo by Airbus Helicopters. 29 January, 2020)Hungarian Air Ambulance Nonprofit Ltd, has signed a three-year contract to deploy Airbus Helicopters’...

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Airbus Helicopters adds 250 more helicopters to global support contracts

Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft now covered by a global HCare material management contract. This means 19% of Airbus...

German HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung Airbus H145 0

German HEMS operator DRF Luftrettung expands its Airbus H145 and H135 fleet

Airbus Helicopters and DRF Luftrettung have signed a contract for the purchase of 15 new H145s, three H135s and the retrofit of their current 20 H145s to the five-bladed version. This will bring the...

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Airbus H125 Helicopter 0

Airbus Helicopters to deliver 16 new H125s to Customs and Border Protection

Aircraft are part of fleet upgrade initiative for the more than 100 Airbus helicopters delivered to CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) will enhance its patrol and surveillance...

United Kingdom UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) Airbus H145 helicopter 0

United Kingdom Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) orders four more Airbus H145s

Airbus Helicopters in the UK is to provide four additional H145 helicopters as part of an expansion of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS). The new helicopters will join the existing fleet of...

Sweden Air Ambulance Service Airbus H145 0

Swedish air ambulance service orders three new Airbus H145 helicopters

Sweden’s air ambulance service – Svensk Luftambulans – has ordered three new H145 helicopters in a deal announced at the Heli Expo 2020 exhibition. Sweden’s air ambulance service – Svensk Luftambulans – has ordered...

US’ Afghanistan Disaster Caused by Dodging Vietnam War Lessons, 0

US’ Afghanistan Disaster Caused by Dodging Vietnam War Lessons, Seeking Only Public Opinion Cures

The Afghanistan Papers have revealed the US never learned the lessons of its loss in Vietnam, with US leaders seeking only how to turn around public opinion, a historian told Sputnik Friday. Indeed, the...