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| EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY (EDA) : DELIVERING CAPABILITIES - A&D REPORTS: | ||
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| October 2nd, Kleine Brogel Afb Belgium, we're about to find out what Green Blade, Pegasus and EDA stand for | ||
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| Green Blade, the 'aviation' exercise and 'Pegasus' , the special forces exercise are combined. | ||
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| Enjoy the images below.... | ||
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| ...and scroll down to read the story ? | ||
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| The article is a must to read and understand, but let me introduce you the participants: | ||
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| The Italian Chinook helicopter, for transports of equipment and personell | ||
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| The Chinook lands here at Sanicole Airfield, due to horrible weatherconditions at kleine Brogel AFB | ||
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| The gunner in position, and special forces with equipment ready for any action (dropping) | ||
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| After landing the machinegun is de-mounted | ||
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| Commando's with full equipment train in 'Pegasus' | ||
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| Inspection by VIP's and a view in the large 'belly' of the Chinook. | ||
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| Pegasus ran from sept. 18th to oct. 5th. 15 helicopters and around 550 personell participated in Green Blade | ||
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| Major participant was Italy, with transport and attack helicopters | ||
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| The A129 Mangusta is the newer generation after the Apache, and very, very capable..... | ||
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| Mostly they seem to come from nowhere and clear and secure the area in no time | ||
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| Need we say more how ? | ||
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| The political will to cooperate among member states has become a necessity and has never been stronger than today | ||
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| This means that Europe can deliver 'defence a la carte' from any participating country whenever needed | ||
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| Acting very fast and flexible, and that needs trainingprograms te be executed | ||
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| Not only fighters but also other aspects such as medevac, here with the Belgian A109 | ||
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| NSlowly we work our way to the exercise, here another view on the improvised helo-base Sanicole | ||
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| Quite impressing to be so near the action ! | ||
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| These are the 'Pegasus' guys, special forces to be deployed in our today terrorists combat | ||
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| They have so many possibilities and skills th handle all situations possible, look at this camouflage ! | ||
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| NA moment of relative rest here on the airfield..... | ||
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| .... but that can change any moment in the air, on land or over water...... | ||
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| ..... and ofcourse under water when diving out of a helicopter..... | ||
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| .....and minutes later boarding an enemy ship for instance. | ||
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| Take any situation in mind, these guys are trained to handel it, and eliminate dangers and even persons. | ||
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| Germany also participated with their UH-1H 'Huey's' | ||
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| NA team of commando's ready to be transported to their destination: A terrorists location ! | ||
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| Off you go, give 'm hell boys ! | ||
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| The Mangusta's accompany the trooper transports to clear the area on the spot | ||
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