The first EC-135s used by the military were delivered on 13th September 2000 to German army flying unit weapons training school in Bückeburg. There they were used for transport and training and liaison flights. Before that the EC-135 had been successfully introduced by the Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht e.V. (German air rescu service), the ADAC and their Austrian counterparts the öAMTC, which brought the were looking for a new and larger liaison helicopter. After an intensive test phase the first 15 helicopters were ordered.

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