Germany to base Arrow and Chinooks in Holzdorf

Germany's AWS will be based at Holzdorf Air Base starting in 2025. (IAI)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited Holzdorf Air Base, 100 km south of Berlin, on 16 October, where Germany will base components of the Luftwaffe's Arrow Weapon System (AWS) and CH-47F Chinook helicopters.

Pistorius told journalists that Arrow would be based in Holzdorf starting in 2025, although he did not know if the conflict between Israel and Hamas would have an impact on production of the system. He said other locations in southern and northern Germany were being explored so as not to concentrate Germany's AWS in Holzdorf and make it more vulnerable.

Regarding the CH-47, Pistorius said 60 of the helicopters would be based at Holzdorf, starting with three in 2027, by when the CH-53s they are replacing are planned to be phased out.