CH-53 Sea Stallion

German CH-53G fleet suffers two emergency landings in one week

Two aircraft from the German Air Force’s ageing fleet of CH-53G Sea Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters have been forced to perform emergency landings in Germany on two separate occasions in the past week

Airbus trials outsized military cargo loading system on Beluga

Airbus Defence and Space announced on September 21 that it has developed a loading system to lift outsized military cargo into the Beluga A300-600ST freight aircraft, revealing that the capability was successfully tested in a verification exercise with the German Armed Forces – the system’s first customer – in Manching, Germany