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Airbus Helicopters: Australian military’s new EC-135T2+ training aircraft takes to air

Donauwörth, Germany - First flight within only two months of HATS contract signing

The first EC-135T2+ helicopter in a planned fleet of modern, twin-engine, rotary-wing aircraft being acquired by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for its new Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS), has successfully completed its first flight in Europe. Under the HATS project, a joint training scheme for both Army and Navy aircrew will utilise some 15 Airbus Helicopters EC-135T2+ trainers, along...

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Rome, Italy, 01/26/2015 16:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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