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Germany’s First P-8A Poseidon Lands in Berlin

Published on: November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM

 

The German Navy’s (Deutsche Marine) first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft after landing at Berlin Brandenburg airport on Nov. 7, 2025. (Image credit: Bundeswehr)

The P-8A Poseidon offers greater capabilities over the P-3C Orion and will allow Germany to enhance interoperability with the U.K. and Norway for NATO missions.

The first of Germany’s eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft landed at Berlin Brandenburg airport on Nov. 7, 2025. Aircraft 63+01 flew the transatlantic journey from the continental U.S., leaving Seattle’s King County International Airport, better known as Boeing Field, on the morning of Nov. 7.

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Flight tracking website Italimilradar and other profiles showed a stopover at Keflavik airport, in Iceland, and the aircraft flying with the callsign ‘GNY4567’. The Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) press release added that a German crew from the Deutsche Marine’s (German Navy) Naval Air Wing 3 “Graf Zeppelin” has flown the aircraft from the U.S.

The remaining seven aircraft will be delivered by 2029. Germany’s official profile within NATO posted images of the P-8A’s arrival, which was received by Defense Minister Boris Pistorious, and the Vice Chief of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine) Vice Admiral Axel Deertz.