Annually, the Battle of Arnhem is commemorated during the Airborne Commemoration at the Ginkel Heath. Since a few years, many European countries participate in the annual droppings with their aircraft. German air force A400M 5428 was one the aircraft that participated in 2023, dropping paras over the heath at the same spot where allied paras were dropped 79 years earlier in an attempt to liberate the city of Arnhem.

Participant of exercise Falcon Leap buzzing the small village of Oisterwijk in the southern part of the Netherlands. The aircraft was one of a formation of seven military transport aircraft that flew in a trail over the Netherlands

As Airbus Military reports: The A400M "Atlas" is the most advanced, proven and certified airlifter available, combining 21st century state-of-the-art technologies to fulfil the current and upcoming armed forces' needs. The A400M combines the capability to carry strategic loads with the ability to deliver even into tactical locations with small and unprepared airstrips and can act as a frontline-tanker. One aircraft that can do the work of three - the A400M. And I think they are right, and besides that, it's a beautiful aircraft too!

Assigned to Transport Squadron "Vercors" (ET 01-062); Destroyed on 29th January 2004 near Aix en Provence during a dramatic crash. Unfortunately all the 3 crew members perished. In memoriam....