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AF CELEBRATES 70 YEARS EXISTANCE I
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Will the F-35 Lightning-II
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ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT LEADING AVIATION MAGAZINES:i |
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| ENJOY
THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSION FOR YOU WITH MINOR COMMENTS !I |
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The written article is to be found on the bottom of this page ===== |
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| Peter
'Pe' DeWael (L), for many years our guide at the airfields an exercises.
Guide and friend ! Peter thank you for all you did for us ! |
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| Two
magnificient
jewels of books were published: 'The past 70 Years' and 'Present and
Future'. |
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real historical images below. |
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| Our
overview of almost all types of Belgian Military Aircraft and some
entertainment as well |
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| De
Havilland Mosquito |
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| Gloster
Meteor |
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| Lockheed
Starfighter |
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| De
Havilland Mosquito |
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| Supermarine
Spitfire |
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| Bristol
Sycamore |
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| Douglas
DC-3 Dakota or C-47 Skytrain |
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| Fairchild
Boxcar |
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| Percival
Pembroke |
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| Douglas
DC-3 Dakota or C-47 Skytrain |
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| Dassault
Mirage 5 |
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| Aerospatiale
Alouette-II |
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| Though
Navy, the Aerospatiale Alouette-III may be seen as well |
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| Auster
- Auster Aircraft Limited Auster Aircraft
Limited |
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| Republic
Thunderflash |
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| Lockheed
T-33 |
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| Gloster
Meteor |
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| Siai
Marchetti |
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| Republic
Thunderchief |
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| Piper
Super Cub |
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| Britten
Norman Islander - Belgian North Sea Aeria Survey |
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| Britten
Norman Islander - Not Airforce but Army (Just as extra image ;-) |
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| Piper
Super Cub |
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| Embraer
ERJ-145LR (Belgian AF VIP plane) |
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| Embraer
ERJ-145LR Cockpit |
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| Belgian
Airforce shared their material with civilians many times. (Open Days,
Bierset helidays, Sanicole, Kee-Bee and so on) |
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spactators always enjoyed these kind of demonstrations. Westland
Seaking (SAR) |
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| Of
course Belgian AF showed their F-16(s) on shows..... |
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| .....and
their trainer the Dassault Breguet Alpha Jet as well |
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| Once
again the Sea King demonstrating |
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| EAnother
'golden oldie' trainer: The Fouga Magister |
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| Shown
on Kee Bee: Special flight of the CE-03 accompanied by two F-16 fighters |
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| Siai
Marchetti |
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| Privilege:
Flying the Alouette-II |
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| Super
view from out of the Alouette-II |
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| A
modest cockpit |
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| Flying
over 'Bierset helidays' |
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windy, rainy open day, but still the die-hards kept on coming ! |
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kids and adults the usual 'patattekes'are a true reward on such a day ! |
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| Back
to types: The A-109 'Hirondo' used for many purposes such as transport of
special forces |
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few pictures of 'Airforce meets civilians' |
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| Bierset
helidays hosted many visitors seldom seen around such as this Irish
Alouette-III |
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| Staff
and pilots enjoyed the demonstrations and static helicopters as much as
anyone else |
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| Beautiful
painted A-109 |
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| The
workhorses: Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
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| It's
not just planes and helicopters on an open day that attrack your eyes.... |
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and for the many hard working people it creates many moments of taking it
easy on such a sunny day. |
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| Hi
guy, in some years ahead you can wear a real uniform like these
specialists and pilots |
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| Another
few images of the A-109, also used for Medevac |
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| This
as far as it goes with the 'Open Days Impressions'. Back to business... |
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| Some
impressions of the Fouga Magister |
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| ......followed
by the Siai Marchetti trainers |
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| Another
bunch of Alpha Jets |
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| Dassault
Falcon 900B (VIP) |
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| Dassault
Falcon 20 / Mystere |
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| A
variety of F-16's |
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| And
of course the F-16's were present at Kleine Brogel. Some more of KeeBee
and Florennes |
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| A
part of future history will be the NH-90. After a long period of
implementation now the major helicopter in Belgium |
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the run up to purchase and commissioning these two designs were once seen
at Bierset helidays |
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about the NH-90 is coming up. |
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| First...
a session of nightphotography of several types made by Koos Heemskerk |
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| Finally
a serie of the NH-90, a training by Dutch pilots to the Belgian collegues
to land on a deck of a ship at full sea |
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| Well...
that was almost it. But ... We close this page with the written article
below and some fine pictures of evening- and Nightflying. |
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| We
hope you enjoyed this extended photographic view of many of the Belgian
airplanes in 70 years of history. |
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for being with us here ! |
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