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RAF receives first Airbus H145 Jupiter HC2 rotorcraft for Cyprus emergency and utility mission

The Royal Air Force has taken delivery of the first Airbus Helicopters H145 Jupiter HC2 rotorcraft at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. The utility helicopters will be staged in the eastern Mediterranean to support emergency response, firefighting, troop transport, medical evacuation and aerial reconnaissance tasks.

Discovered 2026-06-22T07:56:33.225510-07:00 | 2026-06-22T07:56:33.225510-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • The move expands RAF’s on-the-ground rotary capability in Cyprus, with explicitly defined utility roles spanning medical evacuation, firefighting, troop transport and aerial reconnaissance.
  • For Airbus Helicopters, the Jupiter HC2 delivery adds another military landing for the H145-class light twin as operators standardize on missionized variants—similar to recent H145 deliveries and expansion programs seen in Czech Police’s H145 order.
  • Forward basing in the eastern Mediterranean highlights how rotorcraft procurement is being used to build rapid-response capacity across multiple mission sets rather than single-role airframes.

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2026-06-22T07:56:33.225510-07:00
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2026-06-22T14:26:49.639276-07:00
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