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Aviano Air Base, Italy, Sept. 8, 2015: A view from inside a Dutch Chinook as another Dutch Chinook prepares to taxi the runway at Aviano Air Base, Italy before taking a two-hour sortie.
The Dutch Defense Helicopter Command is finishing up three weeks of training at Aviano aimed to improve its combat readiness. Aviano’s mountainous terrain and high altitudes are ideal for training helicopter pilots, Maj. Eugene Quax, squadron commander for a composite squadron of the Command said.
Mountains are something that the Netherlands doesn’t have.