During this week, between 27 and 30 October, evasive-manoeuvre training took place as part of the European Tactical Airlift Programme – Course (ETAP-C), involving tactical air-transport aircraft and F-16M jets of the Air Force.

The main objective of this type of mission is to execute evasive manoeuvres against fighter aircraft, in which the tactical transports attempt to evade the F-16Ms and avoid being locked on and designated as targets by the missiles of those aircraft.

All the air assets present in ETAP-C took part in this mission type: one KC-390, one CN235, two A-400M and three C-130s, to which two F-16Ms were added, contributing to a more complete and demanding training, which reinforces interoperability among the participating nations.

ETAP-C runs until tomorrow, 31 October, at Air Base No. 11 in Beja, where more than 400 service-personnel from seven different countries are training with the aim of improving air-transport operational capability and promoting greater interoperability among the nations.