Transport and combat helicopters from different European nations will train in small mixed-formation sorties for the first time during a two-week exercise in Italy organised by the European Defence Agency (EDA). Flying under partial 'Red Flag' realistic combat conditions (named after the US Air Force exercise of the same title), the exercise will prepare the way for larger mixed formations and fuller simulated combat conditions in Portugal in 2012, according to EDA officials.
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