SIAI-Marchetti SF-260D (c/n 842, ST-42 of the Belgian Air Component), static display during spotter day 2024 at Kleine-Brogel air base, Kleine-Brogel, September 2024. In the early 1960s, Stelio Frati, an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane […]
On 17th June 2024, the Airbus company officially confirmed the Belgian procurement of H145M helicopters. The Kingdom of Belgium will acquire fifteen rotorcraft of that type for the country´s armed forces and another two for […]
Thunder Tigers (a four-ship formation of F-16AM fighters – FA-136, FA-95, FA-102 and FA-126 of the Belgian Air Component), performing a flying display during the Belgian Air Force Days 2023, Kleine-Brogel, September 2023. The Thunder […]
On 19th February 2024, the Belgian Air Component (Luchtcomponent / Composante air, still commonly referred to with its former designation, the Belgian Air Force – BAF) officially announced the end of the country´s ´F-16 Solo […]
On 10th November 2023, the Lockheed-Martin company announced completion of final assembly of the first F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft for Luchtcomponent / Composante air, the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces (BAF). The […]
At the beginning of March, we have issued our first article about the air show news and updates for the 2023 season – so it is time to continue that series with further information about […]
Westland Sea King Mk 48 (c/n WA832, RS-02 of the Belgian Air Component), flying display at Sanicole International Airshow, September 2015. In the mid-1970s, Belgian government decided to purchase five Sea King helicopters to replace […]
This year´s air show season is already in full swing, so it is time to provide you even more news and announcements in our fifth article of the series, fully focused on the 43rd edition […]
We are only two months away from the Belgian aviation weekend consisting of the 42nd edition of International Sanicole Airshow and spotter day at Kleine-Brogel air base. And, as the date draws near, organizers of […]
NATO announced an aircraft acquiring programme, worth over 550 million USD. On 23rd April 1953, during a press conference held at Palais de Chaillot, the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Ismay (General Hastings Lionel ´Pug´ […]
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