Bückeburg Air Base

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The Heeresflugplatz Biickeburg is a military airfield in the Bundeswehr.

The airfield was built in 1946 by the British Royal Air Force. Reason for the construction was the need of an aerodrome for the courier aircraft of the headquarters of the Royal Air Force in nearby Bad Eilsen. The British Air Force of Occupation stationed in the square, the Allies initially designated as Airfield B.151, hence their Comms Wing ( Communications Squadron ), which had a number of different types of aircraft in its inventory.

During the Berlin blockade from June 1948 to May 1949 the airfield near Biickeburg for supply flights to the Allied forces, the Berlin Airlift, used as an alternate aerodrome was.

Between June 1950 and the spring of 1952 was here in RAF Biickeburg beyond another season, which by the end of 1950, equipped with Spitfire 2nd Squadron, which was reinforced in June 1951 by the 541 squadron. They were equipped with Meteor F8/FR9 or PR10, their role was reconnaissance. They moved in April and May in 1952 RAF Gütersloh. Here were also a squadron RF -84F Thunder flash reconnaissance, the 306th, the KLu, which was laid in the fall of 1954 to the new station at RAF Laarbruch and between July 1952 and December 1954, the 1912th Light Liaison Flight with oyster.

The German army took over the airfield in April 1958. Aircraft were stationed first Dornier Do 27

Since then, the Army Aviation School is sited on the grounds of the Bundeswehr. The training takes place on the types of aircraft, Eurocopter EC 135, NH -90, Eurocopter Tiger and Sikorsky CH -53.

Currently, the airport is one of the largest centers for the helicopter simulator training in Europe houses. Here are twelve -art simulators, which are configured as a night low flight simulators for the following helicopter types:

• 2x UH 1D
• 2x CH 53
• 8x EC 135