Press Release: Defence Ministers launch European helicopter training

EU Defence Ministers launched a European Helicopter Training Programme on 17 November 2009, to increase in the short-term the availability of helicopters for crisis management operations. The Programme will start in 2010. At the meeting of the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency, a 'Letter of Intent on the European Air Transport Fleet (EATF)' was signed by fourteen Ministers. The EATF aims to address the critical European shortfalls in air transport by developing a wide range of innovative solutions, from pooling training, logistics or procurement to exchanging flight hours and making aircraft available.

EDA: News, 17.11.09: Norway supports the political declaration on the level playing field for the European Defence Equipment Market http://www.eda.europa.eu/newsitem.aspx?id=555

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