Texte et photos : Julien Gernez
En octobre dernier, le ciel de la Cerdagne a vibré au son particulier des turbines de la Bundeswehr. Comme une tradition solidement établie entre alliés, le Transport-Hubschrauber-Regiment 30 (THR30), basé à Niederstetten en Allemagne, s'est installé pour plusieurs semaines sur le tarmac du Centre de Vol en Montagne (CVM) de Sainte-Léocadie, dans les Pyrénées-Orientales. 
Ainsi du 20 octobre au 7 novembre 2025, ce détachement de la Heeresflieger (l'Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre allemande), composé de cinq NH90-TTH, de deux H145M et d'une centaine de personne, a transformé la petite plateforme pyrénéenne, perché à 1 320 mètres d’altitude, en une véritable base opérationnelle avancée. 
Pour les pilotes allemands, habitués aux plaines de la Bavière ou du Bade-Wurtemberg, les Pyrénées offrent un environnement thermique et aérologique radicalement différent, les conduisant à piloter "aux limites" de leur machine. Cet entrainement intense et crucial leur permet ainsi d'adopter les bons réflexes et de les aiguiser face aux courants ascendants et descendants, les vents de crête ou encore la raréfaction de l'air.
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NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

Airbus Helicopter H145M - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

NH Industries NH90-TTH - German Army - THR30

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