Exercise APROC
APROC (Air-centric Personnel Recovery Operatives Course) is a training which involves military ground and air crews from almost all EPRC (European Personnel Recovery Centre) member nations and was for the first time held in The Netherlands in the spring of 2018. The APROC was hosted by the Royal Netherlands Air Force Defense Helicopter Command (RNLAF-DHC), at Gilze-Rijen Air Base (AB).
Participating aircraft and helicopters were:
Country | Type | Role |
France | 2 AS555AN | Rotary Wing Rescort |
France | 1 NH90NFH | Extraction Vehicle |
Italy | 1 E-550A | Airborne Mission Coordinator |
Italy | 1 HH101A | Extraction Vehicle |
Italy | 1 EH101-410UTY | Extraction Vehicle |
Italy | 2 EF2000 | Fixed Wing Rescort |
Poland | 2 Mi-24V | Rotary Wing Rescort |
Spain | 1 AS332B | Extraction Vehicle |
Sweden | 1 Hkp.16A | Extraction Vehicle |
Netherlands | 1 CH-47D | Extraction Vehicle |
Netherlands | 2 AH-64D | Rotary Wing Rescort |
Netherlands | 1 AS532U2 | Extraction Vehicle |
Netherlands | 2 F-16AM | Fixed Wing Rescort |
United Kingdom | 2 Merlin HC3A | Extraction Vehicle |