This report shows photos of the FIRE BLADE 2022 helicopter exercise organised under the umbrella of the European Defence Agency’s Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP). A total of 25 air assets (20 helicopters and 5 aircrafts) and some 550 military personnel from five countries (Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary) participated in this exercise hosted by the Hungarian Defence Forces during the month of June 2022.

The main focus was of the exercise was on enhancing interoperability at the tactical level between helicopter units by using the Composite Air Operations (COMAO) concept in a joint, combined, realistic and challenging environment, in order to enable proper preparation for future international deployed operations.