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The helicopter pilot training project: yes, go up

An Italian B12 helicopter (credit: EDA / Italian Army, June 2011)

(BRUSSELS2) Gerald Howarth, the British Secretary of State for Defense in charge of the International Security Strategy, did not hide it during his visit to Brussels, some very concrete projects of the European Defense Agency are worth a detour . Among them, the helicopter pilot training project. This " initiative is excellent. It allows pilots to work together, to be better armed in a hostile environment. It is a practical contribution to the ISAF operation (in Afghanistan). he told a few reporters. A statement that could be followed by a practical effect. According to some information, the United Kingdom has thus decided to reinvest the unused money from the trust fund set up for the renovation and technical update of the Mi helicopters of the Eastern countries (project which has fallen a little to the l water) in this initiative.

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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