French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met his Belgian
counterpart, Pieter De Crem, in Brusselson September 3 to discuss
greater cooperation between their two countries, including the creation
of a multinational A400M unit. Based at Brussels military airport,
Melsbroek, the unit would be composed of the seven Belgian and one
Luxembourg A400Ms, plus two each from France and Germany.
The two ministers also discussed the possibility of joint training
of pilots of the NH90 helicopter being acquired by both countries.
France and Belgium intend to extend their already-existing cooperation
on pilot training to other armed services.
Another area of cooperation discussed by the two ministers was
non-combatant evacuation operations requiring the deployment of special
forces.
Source: Aviation Week
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