page_title: German Army Aviation Corps
section_title: Tasks
hierarchical_section_title: German Army Aviation Corps / Tasks
caption_attribution_description: English: Kurdish refugee children run toward a CH-53G helicopter of the German Army during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.
context_page_description: The German Army Aviation Corps is a special unit within the German Armed Forces. The German Army Aviation Corps is a branch of the German Army, containing all its helicopter units. The German Air Force and the German Navy both also have their own helicopter units.
context_section_description: The main tasks of the Army Aviation Corps are:
  support of own troops through anti-tank warfare.
  transport, both internally and externally, of personnel and material.
  reconnaissance in combination with other units.
  liaison between different units
  disaster relief, e.g. forest fires, floods etc.
  Due to their manifold tasks, the German Army Aviation Corps cannot be classified as having any of the classic tasks of army units, namely leading and supporting the leadership, fighting and supporting the fighting force.
  Most units of the Army Aviation Corps are incorporated into the Airmobile Operations Division (Division Luftbewegliche Operationen). This division was founded on 1 July 2002 and became operational on 8 October 2002.
caption: Kurdish refugee children run toward a CH-53G helicopter of the German Army Aviation Corps in Northern Iraq in 1991
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