Honing the force

Kees Otten and Wim Das join the European Defence Agency’s Black Blade exercise, held at Florennes air base, Belgium, in late 2016. EXERCISE REPORT Black Blade 2016 A drab Austrian S-70A-42 with a team of special forces personnel during Black Blade. Kees Otten and Wim Das BLACK BLADE is one of the more significant rotary-wing exercises in the European Defence Agency (EDA) calendar, being part of the organisation’s Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP). Belgium hosted the event between November 14 and