[Agenda] Glimpse at planned events, open doors and airshow – Mark your calendar !
May 2025 onwards provides multiple opportunities
for aviation enthusiasts, photographers
and the whole Family... at Home in Belgium
Author: Martin Gillet.May 7, 2025 Beauvechain Air...
Precautionary landing of an NH-90 helicopter in the Namèche region, Belgian Province of Namur
An NH-90 helicopter made a precautionary landing today at around 14:15 in the Namèche region in the province of Namur after cutting electrical cables...
NATO launches large CBRN exercise ‘Toxic Trip 2023’ on Koksijde airbase (Belgium)
The Koksijde air base in West Flanders, Belgium, is hosting a significant NATO chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defence exercise called "Toxic Trip...
Koksijde Air Force Base will become a recreational airport and get a new name from 2025
The Koksijde airbase will be in the hands of the city of Veurne and the municipality of Koksijde from 2025. From then on, the...
Aérospatiale SE-316B Alouette III withdrawn from service for Belgian Air Force
On this Thursday 8 July 2021 at Koksijde Air Base, the Belgian Air Force will retire the last two Alouette III helicopters.
A third aircraft...
[Belgian Air Component] Inland NH-90 Search And Rescue practice with graduation exercise
Inland NH-90 Search And Rescue practice with graduation exercise
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Tournai diving site.December 8th, 2020, the well known NH-90 Search...
[Photo-Report] Pop-up Expo ‘We Make Difference’ : Behind the scenes of the Belgian Air Force
Pop-up Expo 'We Make Difference'
Behind the scenes of the Air Force of today and tomorrowDuring the summer holidays, from July 6th to August 31st,...
Belgian Air Force 40th Squadron Heli to move from Koksijde Air Base to Ostend-Bruges Airport
Koksijde Air Base (Belgium), home of the Belgian Air Force 40th Squadron Heli operating NH90 NFH helicopters for search and rescue (SAR) missions, will...