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    The Belgian Air Component (Dutch: Luchtcomponent, French: Composante air) is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002 it was officially...
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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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    deployment to Kitzingen, Germany. Ursel remains a reserve base for the Belgian Air Component. It is available for civilian recreational use during weekends,...
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    into PAF fleet". 11 June 2023. "Pakistan to procure Belgian C-130". 2 August 2022. "Pakistan Air Force achieves milestone by completing overhaul of 50th...
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  • This is a list of the equipment used by the Belgian Land Component. MAP - NATO : Armor Sherman Firefly M4 105mm M24 Chaffee M26 Pershing M46 Patton M47...
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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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    Venezuelan Air Force  Algeria Algerian Air Force  Australia Royal Australian Air Force - five in service from 1989-2003 No. 34 Squadron RAAF  Belgium Belgian Air...
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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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  • Koksijde Air Base (ICAO: EBFN) is a Belgian Air Component facility in Koksijde, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north northwest of Veurne, Belgium. 40 Squadron...
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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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    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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    Israeli Neshers. In 1968, the Belgian government ordered 106 Mirage 5s from Dassault to re-equip No 3 Wing at Bierset air base. All aircraft but the first...
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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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    squadrons were based here. Between October 2014 and July 2015 the Belgian Air Component deployed six Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon's here as well...
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