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Police Confirm Bundeswehr Helicopter Drills Over Western Berlin

A follow-up exercise is scheduled in Spandau on Wednesday.

Overview

  • Helicopter training took place Tuesday over Steglitz and parts of Zehlendorf, according to a Polizei Berlin post on X.
  • Police described the operation as a registered Bundeswehr exercise and said there was no danger to residents or passersby.
  • Flight-tracking data indicated a tight pattern above the Teltowkanal between Drakestraße, Königsberger Straße and the Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin.
  • Another exercise is planned for Wednesday in Spandau, with helicopters set to participate.
  • A Bundeswehr spokesman on site told a dpa photographer the drill simulated action against hostile agents and involved about 200 paratroopers plus roughly 50 additional personnel.