{"id":987,"date":"2014-12-18T03:23:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T06:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme-sphere.com\/smart-mag\/?p=987"},"modified":"2015-06-15T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:40:06","slug":"german-takes-delivery-of-its-first-airbus-a400m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/18\/german-takes-delivery-of-its-first-airbus-a400m\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany takes delivery of its first Airbus A400M"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2292\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2292\" src=\"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001.jpg\" alt=\"The first A400M earmarked for the Luftwaffe (MSN0018) is seen en route to Manching, Germany, on 18 December 2014 for its handover to Erprobungsstelle 61 der Bundeswehr f\u00fcr Luftfahrt-Ger\u00e4te, the German Defence Air Test Centre. \u00a9Airbus \/ P. Pigeyre\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001-450x309.jpg 450w, https:\/\/latinaero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nws_dfc_141218_01-001-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first A400M earmarked for the Luftwaffe (MSN0018) is seen en route to Manching, Germany, on 18 December 2014 for its handover to Erprobungsstelle 61 der Bundeswehr f\u00fcr Luftfahrt-Ger\u00e4te, the German Defence Air Test Centre. \u00a9Airbus \/ P. Pigeyre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Seville, on 18 December 2014, Airbus Defence and Space has formally delivered the first Airbus A400M military transport ordered by Germany for the Luftwaffe: MSN0018. A total of nine aircraft have now been delivered and the aircraft is in service with four different nations; France, Germany, Turkey and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Bundeswehr accepted the aircraft at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville, Spain. Bernhard Gerwert, CEO Airbus Defence and Space, said: \u201cWe are extremely proud to hand over the first A400M to Germany. The A400M will play a critical role in the modernisation of Germany\u2019s air mobility force. The unique combination of strategic and tactical capabilities, allied to a level of reliability greater than that of the previous generation aircraft that it is replacing, will transform the German Air Force\u2019s transport operations in the coming years.\u201d The A400M will replace the C-160 Transall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Seville, on 18 December 2014, Airbus Defence and Space has formally delivered the first Airbus A400M military transport ordered by Germany for the Luftwaffe: MSN0018. A total of nine aircraft have now been delivered and the aircraft is in service with four different nations; France, Germany, Turkey and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-defense"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions\/2293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}