NATO will provide equipment for a modern air base center for airborne emergency medical help in the vicinity of Plovdiv. The new medical center will be built on the site of the existing military hospital and it will be equipped with most sophisticated apparatus from the USA and Western Europe. The center must be fully completed by end-September. Two heavy cargo and paratrooper MI-17 helicopters will be equipped with ICU and emergency apparatus. The airborne emergency squad will be used by NATO troops during the Cooperative Key 2001 international military drills in September.