In 1996, flight training of the Belgian Air Force was centralised at Beauvechain Air Base, and the formal military presence at Goetsenhoven ended. Besides...
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11 Squadron (Belgium) (redirect from 11ème Escadrille de Chasse)
simulated air-to-air combat and air-to-ground tactics. 11 Squadron continued to be based at Brustem until the move to Beauvechain. On 19 November 1996...
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at Beauvechain Air Base, reports to NATO's Integrated Air Defense System CAOC Uedem in Germany Air Component Competence Centre, at Beauvechain Air Base...
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Tactical Wing in Bierset (1994); the disbanding of the 1st Fighter Wing in Beauvechain; the 9th Training Wing in Sint-Truiden Air Base; and the Elementary Flying...
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responsible for flight safety of the 1st Fighter Wing operating from Beauvechain air base. From April 1995 to July 1996, he was attached as senior test...
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules (redirect from HC-130P Combat King)
the Beauvechain Air Base at the First Wing Historical Center. C-130H Brazilian Air Force FAB-2453 is on display at the Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro...
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Control Centre, in Karmėlava Belgium: Control and Reporting Centre, at Beauvechain Air Base Czech Republic: Control and Reporting Centre, in Hlavenec Denmark:...
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9 Squadron (Belgium) (redirect from 9me Escadrille de Chasse)
Still based at Beauvechain, this school is now independent of 1st Wing. Commanding Officers as from Chièvres: DEMEY Lucien : 1952-1953 de LIGNE Antoinne:...
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command of the 1st Fighter Wing (formed from No. 350 and 349 Squadrons) at Beauvechain Air Base. From October 1947 to November 1950 he was head of the Office...
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closed as an operational airfield, and all training squadrons moved to Beauvechain Air Base. Nowadays private investors are rebranding the airfield into...
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sold 48 aircraft in the same year (going to 349 and 350 squadrons at Beauvechain) and Denmark received 20 over 1949–1950. In 1950, three more RAF squadrons...
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a small fleet of troop transport and VIP aircraft. The first wing in Beauvechain operates training aircraft and helicopters (A-109 and NH-90 helicopters)...
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types. One of the highlights was the 70th anniversary show of the Patrouille de France. The previous Air Force Day show was in 2018, five years earlier. The...
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outweighed any advantages gained. Le Culot airfield (later known as Beauvechain) was 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Charleroi and was the target of Jagdgeschwader...
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Air Force and flew with Nos. 349 and 350 Squadrons of the 1st Wing at Beauvechain, Nos 1, 2, and 3 Squadrons of the 2nd Wing at Florennes, Nos 23, 27 and...
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adopted by a number of air forces across the world and has also seen active combat use by some of these operators. In the early 1960s, European air forces...
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3rd DLM was in line behind the Belgian antitank obstacle on the front Beauvechain-La Bruyere-Pietrebais-Incourt-Perwez. The next morning the 2nd DLM fell...
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Kingdom and designed for the strategic bombardment of Germany, the tactical combat airfields on the continent were temporary, often improvised airfields to...
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List of surviving Lockheed F-104 Starfighters (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
at Tessenderlo FX04 Belgian Air Force – 1st Wing Historical Center at Beauvechain Air Base FX12 Belgian Air Force – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and...
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between 1949 and 1956. They were flown by 10 Smaldeel of 1 Wing based at Beauvechain Air Base until they were replaced in the night fighter role by Gloster...
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German invasion of Belgium (1940) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the last remaining Hurricanes from 2/I/2 Escadrille were destroyed at Beauvechain Air Base and Le Culot by He 111s and I./JG 27 respectively. The RAF contributed...
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Gütersloh Wildenrath Beauvechain Florennes Bierset Sint-Truiden Kleine Brogel Eindhoven Gilze-Rijen Leeuwarden Twente Volkel De Peel Soesterberg Headquarters...
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Borovaya "Stalin Line" museum, Zaslavl First Wing Historical Centre, Beauvechain Air Base Flying Legends Collection, Kortrijk KB Air Museum, Kleine Brogel...
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Musée International de la Base Aérienne de Chièvres, Chièvres. Meteor F.8 EG-79, painted as EG-*), 1st wing Historical Center, Beauvechain, Belgium. Built...
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Joachim Müncheberg (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Gruppe moved to Peer in Belgium and again moved on 19 May, this time to Beauvechain near Brussels. Operating from Chièvres Air Base from 27 May 1940, Müncheberg...
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Jagdgeschwader 26 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
No. 253 Squadron RAF are known to have fallen in combat with JG 26. III. Gruppe moved to Beauvechain near Brussels while the recently attached III./JG 27...
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was mounted on a plinth after retirement. It remained as a monument at Beauvechain until it was acquired by the Historic Aircraft Collection in 1990 for...
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or about 20 May 1944. A memorial plaque in his name was unveiled at Beauvechain air force based in Belgium on 1 December 1951. Some his private papers...
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