Green Griffin
Green Griffin was the name of the operation of a military maneuver by the Dutch Koninklijke Landmacht and the German Armed Forces from May 6 to 24, 2019 in the Lüneburg Heath and central Lower Saxony . Airborne operations should be trained in connection with air strikes in the context of a NATO defense case.
The binational exercise took place under the leadership of the Rapid Forces division in the Bergen-Celle area. Transport machines of the type C-130 Hercules and the helicopters AH-64 Apache , NH90 and CH-47 Chinook were used . The Bundeswehr also used the pure Tiger combat helicopter and combat vehicles. The paratroopers' air landing operations by plane or helicopter were launched from Celle-Arloh airfield . There were also missions in the Verden and Uelzen region and between Nienburg, the Ostenholzer Moor and Luttmersen.
Web links
- Report on the maneuver at haz.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Nato large-scale exercise Green Griffin 2019. In: deutschesheer.de. Federal Army, May 20, 2019, accessed on September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ GREEN GRIFFIN ~ DUTCH AND GERMAN AIRBORNE FORCES. In: joint-forces.com. May 20, 2019, accessed on September 2, 2019 .