Yesterday the Closing Ceremony of RealThaw & HotBlade 2024 (RTHB24) took place. Presiding over the ceremony was the Air Commander, Lieutenant-General António Branco.   During the event that marked the end of the exercises, the(...)

As part of the multinational exercises, the HotBlade component, which involves mission activity with helicopters, took place for the first time under the umbrella of the Multinacional Helicopter Training Center (MHTC), based at Air Base No. 1, in(...)

Within the scope of the RealThaw and HotBlade 2024 (RTHB24) exercises, where the objective is to promote interoperability in the various missions, the presence of TACP/JTAC teams from different participating countries is worth highlighting, with(...)

Last Friday at RealThaw & HotBlade 2024, we experienced a mission of Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) and to achieve success, different teams had to work together. In a context where several people were injured, the Romanian Air Force C-27J(...)

In training procedures for joint and combined exercises, the helicopters present at HotBlade 2024 took action with “Fam Ride” flights. Major Rodolfo Curto, Tactical Helicopter Operations Instructor at MHTC (Multinational Helicopter(...)

The first day of flights began in the RealThaw and HotBlade 2024 exercises. Between 10:15 am and 10:00 pm, the participating forces operating from Air Base No. 11, in Beja, began testing their limits in different missions.   Fighter planes(...)