Helicopter Transport Wing 64

[2] From February 1968 until May 1969 the introduction of the Bell UH-1D took place, replacing all other aircraft previously flown by Helicopter Transport Wing 64.

[7] Flight training of helicopter pilots subsequently took part at Fort Rucker, Alabama, United States.

[13] Apart from routine deployment for SAR duties, helicopters of the wing were employed nationally and internationally for disaster relief operations.

In the winter of 1969/1970 Helicopter Transport Wing 64 carried out relief flights to the East Frisian Islands which had been cut off from the mainland following heavy storms lasting for days.

In the wake of the 1970 Bhola cyclone, Helicopter Transport Wing 64 flew supply missions to aid the population in what was then East Pakistan.

[14] During the 1975 wildfires on Luneburg Heath Helicopter Transport Wing 64 was employed to assist the emergency services as well as during the snow disaster which afflicted Northern Germany in the winter of 1979/1980.

[15] Following a re-organisation of the German Armed Forces, Helicopter Transport Wing 64 was officially disbanded on 1 April 1994.

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
Crashed SAR helicopter of Helicopter Transport Wing 64 in 1990; both crew members were killed