31 May - 10.00 (Brussels) - Press briefing.
6 June (Viterbo) - VIP & Press Day.
Brussels-based journalists are invited to contact:
Raquel Patricio Gomes
Mobile: (+32) 473 54 58 19
Italian journalists can contact:
The third exercise in the EDA’s Helicopter Training Programme was hosted by Italy and is held at Viterbo, north of Rome between 24 May and 9 June 2011. Known as ITALIAN CALL 11, the exercise practiced the missions and procedures that might be required on future operations. A total of 30 helicopters were involved. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and Slovenia were sending aircraft and crews, with Lithuania and Greece sending observers.