The event ends on May 9 with trained coatings, has involved more 'than 30 helicopters and 300 soldiers of eight nations and how to promote the use of helicopters and troops in joint cooperation with particular emphasis on the sharing of procedures for helicopters countries participating.
Exercise this year and 'organized and coordinated by the Italian Armed Forces, have accepted the invitation to participate together with' helicopters and staff assignments with staff of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia. Greece and Lithuania will participate as observers.
The activities' training missions, organized by the Aviation Command dell'Eserito of Viterbo and conducted by Brigadier General Luifi Francavilla and his staff are focused on operations mulitinazionali "Combined" and joint "Joint " including aircraft operations, lending operations emergency forces (QRF-Quick Reaction Force), the search and rescue (SAR Search and Rescue operations), the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation).
The exercise involves a series of distinct phases and each one of them 'designed to train the Units' activities in specific' technical and tactical aspects facilzzate on security and sharing procedures.
It was successful 24 May, after the departure of the Austrian and Slovenian helicopters, exercise Italian Call 11. An event was held in Viterbo training aspects in the period from May 23 to June 9 that was intended to develop the concept of interoperability of the helicopter crews of the participating countries.
General Enzo Stefanini, commander of the 'Army Aviation in Viterbo has been delegated by the Defence organization and conduct of all operations, logistical and administrative provisions relating to exercise.
Exercise Italian Call 11, conducted by Army aviation brigade commander, General Luigi Francavilla, has developed a series of tactical and technical activities that have highlighted and emphasized the skills necessary for use in operating environments with special characteristics (high altitude, high temperatures and sandy soils).
Crews have conducted the exercise integrating its operational capabilities with some specialized structures of the Armed Forces, in particular, have been jointly planned and conducted health missions of evacuation, troop transport, activities focus on contact with the troops, operations special operations and logistics of adhesion.
The activity culminated with an exercise called United Flags which was attended by the EDA representative, General Adam Sowa, who stressed the European Union's firm intention to refine the knowledge of their operational capabilities and improve integration of the helicopter component member countries in the conduct of operations in an international context.
32 helicopters involved in the activities of various types including those from exploration and Commons A-129 Mangusta, multi-AB212, NH-90 tactical transport, transport CH-47 and CH-53, and from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic , Germany and Slovenia, Lithuania and Greece were present with their observers. Have also been used in this activity more than 350 multinational crew and staff between units, tactical vehicles, "Lynx", 120 mm heavy mortars.
Italian Call 2011 was indicative of the operational capabilities of the helicopters in the third dimension of the participating countries which have proved to be ready for use in rotary wing, possibly to be led by Europe in crisis zones. At the same time Viterbo has highlighted its potential as a center of excellence for training in the use of helicopters in operations.
Crews were able to familiarize themselves with scenes set in Afghanistan flying with the A129 Mangusta helicopter mission simulator supplied with the Army Aviation Training Centre.
The exercise involved the Italian Call conducting more than 600 flight hours, with the operation of an average of 50 daily missions with a consumption of about 450,000 liters of fuel Avio, or about 20,000 gallons of automotive fuel.
The European Programme (European Helicopter Training Program) was approved by Defence Ministers meeting in November 2009 with the aim to increase within a reasonable time, the ability to manage aircraft operations and operations with the help of helicopters in crisis areas.
