IMHO, i think the story of MH17 being shot down by an Su-25 is utter bull.
the Su-25 is a CAS aircraft designed for low altitude and has a cieling of 9000 meters, MH17 was flying higher then 10000 meters, so the frogfoot must have been stripped of it A2G armament. second, the Su-25 is slower then the boeing 777 (mach 0.8, compared to the 777 mach 0.89) in order to catch up to MH17, the aircraft had propably had to overheat its engines. a third factor is that the Su-25 is only armed with 2 AA-8 Aphid (R60) for self-defence (Su25 has no radar, so no BVR capability), those only have a range of about 8 kilometers, when the Russians said it was shot down at 12km range. also damage is inconsistent to the used weapon, a single AA-8 could never cause that kind of damage.

there are other factors, but thats propably already been noted.

all evidence points into the diraction of a Buk/SA-18 combo, why would Russia want to cover that up? simple, they supplied the SAM equipment to the separatists.

if they said it was shot down by a Su-27 or Mig-29, then that would be believable, but if it was an Su-25 then the pilot had to really, really lucky.

Royal Netherlands Navy want to buy secondhand Naval helicopters

this is due to the technical and corrosion problems with the current NH90-NFH’s, the new platform would replace the rejected delivery of the final NH90’s.

Boeing to demonstrate Super Hornet in Belgium this month

at the end of this month or begining of July, when the salestour in Denmark ends, Boeing will visit Florennes Air Base in Belgium to demonstrate its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Belgian Air Force.
there have also been rumors in Air-Cosmos that Boeing was discussing offset deals with Belgium, including producing parts of the Super Hornet by companies in Flanders and The Walloons.

a decision on the replacement of the F-16A/B is expected to be made by the next goverment (between 2015-2018), with introduction arround 2023/25 (when the F-16’s will be taken out of service.).

the first NH90-NFH to arrive in Belgium.

today, belgium recieved its second NH90-NFH, serial RN-02.
its the second NFH-version to be handed over to the Belgian Air Force, but its the first NFH to arrive at its home base, Koksijde AB.

(picture by me)

to me, there is only one simple sollution to build a cheap & cost effective CAS platform:

a Turboprop variant of the A-1 Skyraider :dev2:

looks very similar to the Boeing X-48 RC test aircraft.
used to test the concept of a BWB (Blended Wing Body)

Boeing Offers F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to Belgium

the article does not state if its the standard Superbug, or the Advanced SH version.