International helicopter training center

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International Helicopter
Training Center - IntHubschrAusbZ -

Association badge Association badge

Association badge
Lineup 1959 Army Aviation School

2015 Reorganization of the international helicopter training center

Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces army army
Type Army training facility
Insinuation Training Command (Bundeswehr) .svg Training command
Location Bückeburg , Celle , Faßberg , Le Luc (France)
Web presence Website IntHubschrAusbZ
commander
Commander of the International Helicopter Training Center and General of the Army Aviation Force Brigadier General Ulrich Ott
Head of Teaching / Training and Deputy commander Colonel Bodo Schütte
Aircraft
education Eurocopter EC 135 , NH90 , Eurocopter Tiger

The International Helicopter Training Center (IntHubschrAusbZ) in Bückeburg ( Bückeburg Airfield ) was reorganized on July 1, 2015 from parts of the Army Aviation School. It is one of the Army’s training facilities and is responsible for training the command and technical personnel of the Army Aviation Troops, as well as basic aviation training for helicopter pilots in all branches of the armed forces. The training center is subordinate to the training command.

assignment

The International Helicopter Training Center is the Bundeswehr's central training facility in the German Army for basic helicopter driver training for the Army, Air Force and Navy, as well as training in aviation and aircraft technology related to weapon systems on the Army’s new weapon systems, the tactical transport helicopter (TTH) NH90 and the TIGER combat helicopter . At the same time, pilots from allied nations, especially Sweden , Belgium and the Netherlands , are trained on helicopters here.

history

The Army Aviation Weapons School was set up in Niedermendig in 1959 and relocated to the Jägerkaserne and Achum Bückeburg airfield in January 1960 in Bückeburg . In addition to general military and technical training, the contents of the training also include aeronautical training for army pilots.

In 1998, Le Luc (France) was added , and in 2002 Celle (Army Aviation Test Squadron 910). Since 2003, the German and French armed forces have jointly maintained the Franco-German Army Aviation Training Center TIGER (DEU / FRA HFlgAusbZ Tiger) for training the Eurocopter Tiger in Le Cannet-des-Maures (France).

With the establishment of the International Helicopter Training Center on July 1, 2015, the responsibility for training changed from the Air Force to the Army for weapons-related aircraft engineering training for the NH90 and Eurocopter Tiger weapon systems . The NH90 parts of the Air Force's technical training center and the German part of the German-French training facility Tiger in Faßberg were subordinated to the International Helicopter Training Center . At the same time, the Heer Bückeburg training workshop was subordinated.

organization

The school commander, usually with the rank of brigadier general , is also a general of the Army Aviation Troops . The school is divided into:

  • Rod
  • Teaching / training area
  • Support area
    • Aircraft Squadron NH90
    • Flight operations squadron
    • Specialized media center
  • Heer Bückeburg training workshop

Simulator center

The simulator center is able to replace real flight hours. In the simulator building there are 12 full mission simulators which can be equipped with interchangeable cockpits EC 135, CH53 and UH-1D. In addition, two NH90 simulators from HFTS are operated in a second building.

Heer Bückeburg training workshop

The training workshop trains up to 28 trainees each year for the profession of aircraft mechanic specializing in maintenance technology and 12 trainees for the profession of aircraft electronics technician . With up to 160 training positions, the Heer Bückeburg training workshop is one of the largest in the Bundeswehr and the largest training company in the Schaumburg district .

Training helicopter

  • MBB Bo 105 VBH , 84 pieces: In addition to training purposes, the Bo 105 was also used as a liaison and observation helicopter (VBH). On December 13, 2016, the last flight of a Bo 105 took place in the Bundeswehr.
  • Bell 206 B3, 6 pieces as a replacement for the Bo 105
  • Eurocopter EC 135 , 14 pieces: The EC 135 is used exclusively for pilot training.
  • Eurocopter Tiger
  • NH90

  • Bo 105 VBH

  • Eurocopter EC 135

  • NH90

  • EC 665 "Tiger"

List of commanders

Surname Beginning The End
Brigadier General Ott April 1, 2018
Brigadier General Klein November 7, 2014 March 16, 2018
Brigadier General Mais April 4, 2013 November 7, 2014
Brigadier General Wolski April 30, 2009 April 4, 2013
Brigadier General Bolz March 12, 2004 April 30, 2009
Brigadier General Granz June 20, 2002 March 12, 2004
Brigadier General Dr. Budde April 1, 1999 June 20, 2002
Brigadier General Garben April 1, 1995 April 1, 1999
Brigadier General Hannstein January 1, 1995 April 1, 1995
Colonel Baumann 1st October 1987 January 1, 1995
Colonel Hannstein October 1, 1982 1st October 1987
Colonel Veeser 1st October 1979 October 1, 1982
Colonel Schulz April 1, 1973 September 30, 1979
Colonel Granz April 1, 1972 March 31, 1973
Colonel Stümke October 1, 1963 March 31, 1972
Colonel Ebeling July 1, 1959 September 30, 1963

Association badge

The association badge, like all badges of the military schools, shows two crossed swords on a red background. In addition, an "S" indicates that it is one of the army's schools . The gray border corresponds to the weapon color of the army aviators .

Since 1989 the internal association badge has shown a red coat of arms with a black hunting falcon on the falconer's fist. The structures of the falcon and the hand are yellow.

literature

  • Stefan Heydt, Christian Bannert (project officer): The army schools . On behalf of the Army Office , Fölbach-Medienservice, Munich 2011, p. 162 ff.
  • Kai Meier, Guido Krahl: The International Helicopter Training Center . In: Defense Technology Review . No. 2 , 2016, p. 114 ff .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To clear even large boulders. Schaumburger Landeszeitung, January 12, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Everything international; Weapons School becomes IHAZ - International Helicopter Forum in progress. www.landes-zeitung.de, July 1, 2015, accessed on July 19, 2015 .
  3. ↑ rc: No jersey change. www.sn-online.de, June 24, 2015, accessed on July 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Simulator cockpit NH-90 Army Aviation Weapons School. Bundeswehr Army, November 13, 2013, accessed on February 14, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Acquittal after three and a half years - graduates released into working life. Bundeswehr Army, February 11, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2016 .
  6. ↑ A newcomer to the Bückeburg sky. Schaumburger Nachrichten, March 16, 2017, accessed on August 16, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Army changes helicopter training. FlugRevue, July 7, 2017, accessed November 26, 2018 .

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