Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25 information
Former regiment in the German Army
Mittleres Transporthubschrauberregiment 25 (Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25)
Active
1971-2012
Disbanded
31 December 2012, reformed as Helicopter Wing 64 on 1 January 2013
Country
Federal Republic of Germany
Branch
German Army
Type
Army Aviation
Part of
Airmobile Operations Division
Garrison/HQ
Laupheim Air Base
Motto(s)
Hals- und Beinbruch Break a leg
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Hans-Christoph Specht (until 31 December 2012)
Aircraft flown
Cargo helicopter
CH-53 G/GS
Reconnaissance
MBB Bo 105M
Military unit
Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25 (German: Mittleres Transporthubschrauberregiment 25) was a regiment in the German Army, part of the German Army Aviation Corps. It was based at Kurt Georg Kiesinger Barracks on Laupheim Air Base in the German state of Baden Württemberg, Southern Germany. The regiment was founded in 1971 and disbanded on 31 December 2012. Its sister regiment was Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 15 based at Rheine Air Base.
On 1 January 2013 the unit was re-established as Helicopter Wing 64 of the German Air Force, integrating those parts of the already existing Helicopter Wing 64 that were not handed over to the German Army.[1]
^"Heeresflieger rollen die Regimentsfahne ein", Schwäbische Zeitung (in German), 21 February 2013, retrieved 2 March 2013
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