18 US attack helicopters over Bavaria: spokeswoman explains maneuvers - but leaves the exact order open
Created: 05/25/2022, 05:49 am
By: Katarina Amtmann
AH-64D fighter jets flew over Nuremberg (archive image) © IMAGO/Björn Trotsky
18 Apache attack helicopters recently flew over Bavaria.
A US Army spokeswoman took a stand - and gave details.
Nuremberg – Loud rumble of thunder caused a stir in Nuremberg on Friday (May 20), but it did not come from storms.
A total of 18 US Army combat helicopters could be seen in the sky over the Franconian metropolis.
But why?
US Army combat helicopters over Nuremberg
It was an AH-64D attack helicopter.
"The Apache Longbow helicopters that flew on Friday belong to the first to third attack battalions of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade," Gabrielle Hildebrand, spokeswoman for the US Army, told
nordbayern.de
.
Combat helicopter Apache over Franconia - training at the NATO border and strengthening of the eastern flank
The helicopters were actually stationed near Ansbach, but were on the way back "from the Baltic States".
American soldiers and helicopters are regularly deployed at the NATO borders for exercises, but also to strengthen the eastern flank, it is said.
The army spokeswoman leaves the exact order
open to
nordbayern.de .
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Apache AH-64
According to
nordbayern.de
, he has been in the service of the US military for more than 30 years
Armored
Can be equipped with Fire and Forget missiles
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US Army attack helicopters over Nuremberg
According to the portal, Franconia plays a key role in the NATO concept.
The first air cavalry brigade from Illesheim, for example, was divided into three locations.
1000 soldiers are also active in Romania and Greece.
Intensive training has been going on in Illesheim for weeks, according to
nordbayern.de
.
It is important for the pilots to "always be ready", as Commander Reginald Harper recently told the portal, because: "You never know what will happen."
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Two Eurofighter fighter jets have recently landed at Nuremberg Airport
.
It doesn't happen every day, but there is an important reason.