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NATO military transport drill to kick off in Bulgaria

Xinhua, June 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

A ten-day multinational flight training of military transport aviation, involving six NATO countries and the European Defense Agency, will kick off in Bulgaria on Wednesday, it is announced on Tuesday.

During the drill Balkan Spartan 16, which would continue until July 8, Bulgarian, Italian and Romanian C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft would perform tasks such as low altitude flights, landing and takeoff, and drop of cargo and paratroopers, Bulgarian Air Force said in a statement on its website.

Representatives of Slovak Air Force and the European Defense Agency would join the headquarters of the exercise, while their counterparts from Lithuania, Australia and the U.S. Coast Guard would be official observers, the statement said.

During the past three years, the Bulgarian Air Force hosted various multinational training of military transport aviation, the statement said. Endit