Germany will own NATO's 2nd largest helicopter fleet after Chinook purchase -air force chief


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  • Friday, 11 Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz attends a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will own NATO's second largest helicopter fleet with the 60 Chinooks it announced it was buying last month, German Air Force Chief Ingo Gerhartz was quoted as saying on Friday.

Last month, Reuters reported Germany would buy 60 Chinook helicopters from Boeing in a package that will cost up to 8 billion euros ($8.7 billion), including necessary infrastructure for the aircraft.

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