Belgian F-16 collides with Leeuwarden Air Base building, two people injured
The pilot of a Belgian F-16 (tail number FA-130) had to use his ejection seat while preparing for the morning flights at the airbase...
End of F-16 operations at Dutch Air Base Leeuwarden
With the arrival of the F-35 as a new fighter aircraft, the era of the F-16s at Leeuwarden Air Base ends. The ceremonial end...
Final landing for CH-13, the oldest C-130 Hercules of the Belgian Air Force
At around 11:00 on 26 April, a C-130 Hercules landed at the military aerodrome of Beauvechain, Belgium, in the presence of the Minister of...
The mysterious diversion of a TUIfly Belgium military charter to Doha, Qatar
We reported earlier that TUIfly Belgium had been contracted by Belgian Defence to operate military charters after the HiFly Airbus A321 formerly leased by...
Belgian and British fighter jets scrambled because of two Russian military aircraft in Dutch airspace over the North Sea
Two Belgian F-16s were deployed this morning over the North Sea because two military planes from Russia approached Dutch airspace.The Russian Tu-142 "Bear" aircraft...
[Belgian Air Component] 50 years in Belgian service: Tribute to the Mighty Hercules with a Celebration paint scheme
50 Years in Belgian Service: Tribute to the Mighty Hercules with a Celebration paint scheme
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Meslbroek Air...
[Belgian Air Component] Belgian pilot “VRIESKE” celebrates 5,000 flight hours on F-16
Belgian pilot "VRIESKE" celebrates
5,000 flight hours on F-16
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Kleine-Brogel Air Base "KB" (EBBL).
Kleine-Brogel, March 5th 2021....
A Belgian Air Force F-16 pilot will be the 6th in the world to score 5,000 hours on the aircraft
Captain Steven De Vries, a Belgian Air Force pilot, will score 5,000 flight hours for the first time on Friday in a training flight...
[Belgian Air Component] First Visit of the Minister of Defence to the Air Component in Beauvechain
First Visit of the Belgian Minister of Defence to the
Air Component in Beauvechain
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Beauvechain Air Base...
Belgian Air Force formation flight to honour healthcare workers cancelled due to bad weather
Belgium's air tour of honour scheduled for Thursday by the Belgian Defence as a sign of encouragement for medical staff will not take place...
Online petition to keep one Belgian Air Force C-130 in Melsbroek rather than in Beauvechain
An online petition has been launched for keeping one C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft that the army is preparing to withdraw from service at...
[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...
[Report and pics] The Airbus A330 MRTT: a good all-rounder!
Further to our report on the presentation of the Airbus A330 MRTT to the two main Belgian television channels, we are giving hereunder further...
Belgian Air Force presented the new multi-role aircraft of NATO multinational unit: the Airbus A330 MRTT
Before the end of this year, a Belgian Air Force aircraft will be able to refuel other combat aircraft in the air. Belgium, together...
Naval Air Station Lemoore Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes during routine flight, pilot safely ejects
On 20 October, a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Lemoore experienced a mishap during a routine training flight in the Superior...
[Belgian Air Component] Airbus A400M CT-01 arrival at Melsbroek 15th Wing
A400M CT01 Arrival at Melsbroek 15th Wing
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Melsbroek Air Base.October 9th 2020, the press was invited for the...
First Airbus A400M ‘Atlas’ for Belgian-Luxembourg bi-national unit almost ready to take off
About a year and a half after the official start of the production process and about six months after the first test flight, the...
[Belgian Air Component] Handing over of wings ceremony to new pilots within of Air Component
Handing over of wings ceremony to new pilots within of
Air Component.
Authors Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Beauvechain Air Base.
30 September 2020, the press was...
[Belgian Air Component] Operation Inherent Resolve : Belgian Defence once again sends F-16s to the Middle East
Operation Inherent Resolve: Belgian Defence once again
sends F-16s to the Middle East
Press Conference Debriefing
Authors Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Florennes Air Base.
29 September 2020,...
Belgian Defence sends F-16 fighter jets to Middle East again
This Tuesday 29 September, four General Dynamics F-16s will leave Florennes airbase for the Middle East, as part of the international coalition's operation "Inherent...