Second German governmental A350 completes maiden flight
The second A350 to be used by the Luftwaffe for the transport of the German government representatives completed…
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NATO fighters intercept Russian planes flying from Kaliningrad
In the span of a week, Eurofighter Typhoon jets assigned to NATO Baltic Air Policing mission identified and escorted two…
Airbus receives order for 38 Eurofighter Typhoons from Germany
The Bundestag, the German parliament, approved the acquisition of 38 Eurofighter Typhoons for the Luftwaffe, in a deal…
Luftwaffe takes delivery of world’s first A350 governmental plane
The Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, took delivery from Lufthansa Technik of the first new Airbus A350 due…
Lufthansa Technik orders two Airbus A321LR for Luftwaffe
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has won the first A321LR order for two aircraft from Lufthansa Technik. The aircraft…
Airbus to modernize German Eurofighter Typhoon simulators
The Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) consortium under the industrial leadership of Airbus has been commissioned to modernize…
Finishing touches for German governmental A350 XWB
The first A350 of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, flew from Toulouse, France to Hamburg, Germany, to…
Germany picks Boeing F-18 to replace aging Tornado fleet
Germany has officially confirmed to the United States that it would acquire 45 F / A-18 Super Hornets…
German A400M evacuates two French coronavirus patients
An A400M Atlas transporter of the Luftwaffe was used to transport patients hospitalized in Strasbourg, France, towards Ulm,…
German military refuses new A400M deliveries over safety concerns
The Bundeswehr, the German military, announced it would not accept deliveries of two A400M Atlas transport aircraft due…
Two German Eurofighter jets collide in training, one pilot dead
Two Eurofighter EF-2000s of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, collided during a training mission. While both pilots…
German government places firm order for three ACJ350 XWB
Germany placed a firm order for three ACJ350-900 XWB and thus became the first government customer of this…
German government to buy three new Airbus A350 for €1.2 billion
The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved the acquisition of three new Airbus A350s on April 11,…
German foreign minister stuck in Mali due to plane breakdown
Yet another incident affected the German governmental fleet: Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas was stuck in Mali due to…