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Hubschraubertransportgeschwader 64
(Helicopter Transport Wing 64)
Active1966–1994
CountryHelicopter Transport Wing 64 Germany
BranchBundeswehrkreuz (Iron Cross) German Air Force
TypeWing
RoleSAR, tactical air transport
Size120 helicopters in 1975, 39 at the time of disbanding
Part ofAir Transport Command
Lufttransportkommando
Garrison/HQAhlhorner Heide Air Base
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Hans-Otto Eiger (until 30 September 1993)
Notable
commanders
Colonel Johannes Naumann
Ahlhorner Heide Air Base, last home of Helicopter Transport Wing 64
Bristol Sycamore of Helicopter Transport Wing 64
Sikorsky H-34
Bell UH-1D of Helicopter Transport Wing 64 in 1984

Helicopter Transport Wing 64 (German: Hubschraubertransportgeschwader 64) was a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing was founded in 1966 and at the time of its disbanding based at Ahlhorner Heide Air Base which is situated in the southern suburbs of Ahlhorn in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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