The first German Air Force Airbus A400M performed its first flight today. The aircraft took off from the Airbus Military facility in Seville, Spain, for a test flight over the Mediterranean Sea. It was spotted on Flightradar24.com with the temporary registration EC 408, followed by confirmation from an Airbus spokesperson that indeed the planned first flight of the A400M was taking place on Tuesday afternoon.
More - video included - is at Airheadsfly.com.