The Belgian Air and Space Component (Dutch: Luchtcomponent, French: Composante air) is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002...
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Service (DOVO) and more. The Belgian Air Component is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces. The history of the Belgian Air Force began in 1910 when the...
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The Medical Component of the Belgian Armed Forces (Dutch: Medische Component, French: Composante Médicale) is the military medical service which provides...
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The Belgian Navy, officially the Naval Component (Dutch: Marinecomponent, pronounced [maːˈriːnəkɔmpoːˌnɛnt]; French: Composante marine, pronounced [kɔ̃pozɑ̃t...
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Kleine Brogel Air Base (ICAO: EBBL) is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) east of Kleine-Brogel, in...
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Squadron (Belgium) Belgian Air Component Belgian defence Archived 2014-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Belgian Air Component 1 Wing Flying Group Belgian Air Component...
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Frank De Winne (category Belgian Air Component officers)
(born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk...
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designed. U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle near Vilnius (November 2008) Squadron of Belgian Air Component F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters Royal Danish Air Force F-16...
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Remy Van Lierde (category Belgian Air Component airmen)
8 June 1990) was a Belgian pilot and fighter ace who served in the aviation branch of the Belgian Army and the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the...
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Air Base (ICAO: EBMB) is a Belgian Air Component facility in Steenokkerzeel, 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium....
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The Belgian military ranks are the military insignia used by the Belgian Armed Forces. The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Notes: Student-Officers...
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Edgard Potier (category Belgian Air Component officers)
1944) was a Belgian airforce officer during World War II who organised an MI9 escape and evasion network, known as Mission Martin in Belgium and the Possum...
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Frederik Vansina (category 20th-century Belgian military personnel)
Vansina (born 3 July 1964) is an aviator in the Belgian Air Component and Chief of Defence of the Belgian Armed Forces. Vansina was born in Bern, Switzerland...
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Squadron (aviation) (redirect from Squadron (air force))
French Air and Space Force, Royal Air Force, German Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Belgian Air Component and Republic of Singapore Air Force)...
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Netherlands Air Force with options to eight aircraft based in adjoining countries. In 2017 the Belgian Air Component, German Air Force and Royal Norwegian Air Force...
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located in Belgium. The Belgian Armed Forces had 23,200 active personnel in 2023, including 8,500 in the Land Component, 1,400 in the Naval Component, 4,900...
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This article represents the structure of the Belgian Armed Forces as of May 2020: The Belgian Armed Forces are headed by the Chief of Defence with the...
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Air Base (French: Base aérienne de Florennes), also known as Base Jean Offenberg, (ICAO: EBFS) is a Belgian Air Component (formerly the Belgian Air Force)...
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Registers:1 Belgium". Air-Britain Archive. 1980 (1). 1980. ISSN 0262-4923. Jackson 1977, pp.53-90 Sources Jackson, Paul A. (1977). Belgian Military Aviation...
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List of military equipment of NATO (section Armies and small arms, vehicles, artillery and air defence systems)
Armed Forces List of Albanian Air Force aircraft List of equipment of the Belgian Land Component Belgian Air Component Belgian Navy List of modern equipment...
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1re escadrille) is a Recce squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Based at Florennes air base, it is part of the 2nd Tactical Wing...
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Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (redirect from Elisabeth of Belgium)
Belgian Air Component 26 September 2023 – present: Second Lieutenant Belgian Naval Component 26 September 2023 – present: Second Lieutenant Belgium:...
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contractor-operated units supporting operations overseas. In 1998, the Belgian Air Component purchased three B-Hunter UAV-systems, each consisting of six aircraft...
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Zutendaal Air Base (ICAO: EBSL) is a reserve Belgian Air Component base, located 4 mi (6.4 km) east-southeast of Genk (Limburg), approximately 50 mi (80 km)...
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The 15th Air Transport Wing (Dutch: 15 Wing Luchttransport, French: 15 Wing Transport Aérien) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces...
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This is a list of the equipment used by the Belgian Land Component. MAP - NATO : Armor Sherman Firefly M4 105 mm M24 Chaffee M26 Pershing M46 Patton M47...
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Jan Olieslagers (category Belgian Air Component officers)
the Belgian flag, as a mark of his nation's regard, Olieslagers' casket was defiantly draped with the flag he had served so well, while the Belgian National...
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The Basic Flying Training School is a unit of the Belgian Air Component located at Beauvechain Air Base. It consists of 5th Squadron and 9th Squadron....
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Belarusian Air Force List of equipment of the Belgian Land Component List of equipment of the Belgian Navy List of aircraft of the Belgian Air Component List...
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The 31st 'Tiger' Squadron is a strike-fighter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is part of the 10th Tactical Wing and operates...
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