Belgian Air Component

A Belgian F-35 gets airborne for the first time

18th June 2024

The third F-35A Lightning II to be produced for the Belgian Air Force (BAF) carried out its maiden flight from Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 14.

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Spitfire returns 'home' — and makes show debut

1st June 2023

Ex-Belgian Air Force fighter-reconnaissance ‘Spit’ takes part in Florennes commemoration and gives first airshow display at La Ferté-Alais

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El Spitfire vuelve a casa y debuta en un espectáculo

1st June 2023

El "Spit", antiguo caza de reconocimiento de la Fuerza Aérea belga, participa en la conmemoración de Florennes y realiza su primera exhibición aérea en La Ferté-Alais.

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Exercise Cobra Warrior – full details released

28th February 2023

The RAF has confirmed the full details of the international aircraft participation in the upcoming Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-1, which runs from March 2 to 24.

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BREAKING: Exercise Cobra Warrior participating air forces confirmed

24th February 2023

The RAF has confirmed the participating air forces for its upcoming Exercise Cobra Warrior.

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NOTICIA: Confirmada la participación de las fuerzas aéreas en el ejercicio Cobra Warrior

24th February 2023

La información publicada hoy por la RAF sobre el ejercicio Cobra Warrior ha confirmado que el componente aéreo de la Defensa belga, la Fuerza Aérea finlandesa, la Real Fuerza Aérea saudí y la Fuerza Aérea india participan en el ejercicio Cobra Warrior.

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Lightning strikes Belgian F-16BM during training sortie

20th September 2022

A Lockheed Martin F-16BM Block 20 (MLU) Fighting Falcon was forced to make a precautionary landing at Ostend-Bruges International Airport after being struck by lightning on September 14

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Belgium replaces Italy in Estonia for NATO Air Policing

9th December 2021

Italy handed the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) baton at the start of December to Belgium, after a record-breaking detachment period

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Bélgica sustituye a Italia en Estonia para la policía aérea de la OTAN

9th December 2021

A principios de diciembre, Italia cedió a Bélgica el testigo de la Policía Aérea del Báltico (BAP), tras un período de destacamento sin precedentes

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Belgian F-16s deploy to Landivisiau

27th September 2021

Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcons of the Belgian Air Component deployed to Landivisiau, Brittany in North-West France for a training exercise to maintain high level of qualifications, mainly at night whilst work is carried out on the infrastructure of Florennes Air Base

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Los F-16 belgas se despliegan en Landivisiau

27th September 2021

Los Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcons del componente aéreo belga se desplegaron en Landivisiau, Bretaña, en el noroeste de Francia, para un ejercicio de entrenamiento para mantener un alto nivel de cualificación, principalmente por la noche, mientras se realizan trabajos en la infraestructura de la base aérea de Florennes.

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