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BENELUX
QUICK REACTION ALERT AGREEMENT 
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| Developments
QRA between Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands |
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| Belgian
F-16 in take-off after scramble alert |
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| Scramble
!! Pilots hurry to their machines, a possible intruder is coming
nearer ! |
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| Save
safety, or give 'm hell boys ;-)) |
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| Airborne
! Two Belgian AF Fighting Falcons are in the air, to see what's
going on. |
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| AOCS
Nieuw Milligen controls the area and sees what's happening |
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| This
is an impressing room where it's all happening. A hughe radar is
operational nearby |
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| In
today's mission the 'intruder' is the Belgian VIP 'Embraer' who is
to be 'investigated' and guided below. |
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| tIt's
all followed and coordinated by AOCS |
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real the F-16's try to see whay a plane does not respond to
radio-contact, or give manual instructions from out of the cockpit |
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| A
view to a kill..... ;-) |
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| Dutch
minister Jeanine Hennis Plaschaert and her Belgian collegue minister
Vandeput see the F-16's glying very nearby |
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Embraer is 'forced to land' on Rotterdam Airport..... |
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| .....and
is parked on the Dutch concrete. |
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| On
board as said both ministers of defense.... |
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| .....and
the ambassador of Luxembourg Pierre-Louis Lorenz from Luxembourg.
Ministers Hennis and Vandeput start a press conference. |
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| Answering
questions to journalists of radio and TV, newspapers, magazines and
so on. |
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| Sometimes
critics, sometimes admiration.... |
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| .....and
after the press interviews it's time to prepare for signing the
agreement |
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| The
ministers take their position behind the signatories... |
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| ....and
then the agreement is signed by Commander Aircomponent General-major
and pilot Frederik Vansina (Belgium)..... |
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| ....Commander
Dutch Airforce Lieutenant-general and pilot Dennis Luyt (NL) ..... |
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| .....as
well as Ambassador Pierre-Louis Lorenz of Luxembourg as said unter
the eyes of both ministers as witnesses |
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| The
agreement to cooperate and help eachother over eachothers territory
is now a fact ! |
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| Dutch
Airforce Commander Dennis Luyt and the Dutch communications officer
Joyce |
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| Back
again to the platform to do some interviewing again with the plane
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| Our
minister seems to enjoy the questions on one hand.... |
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| ....but
on the other hand it's mighty cold out there !! |
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| TV
camera's roll... camera's click... |
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| The
belgian and Dutch F-16's, pictured from out of the Embraer |
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| All
followed by AOCS |
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| Brothers
to brothers.... |
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| Finally
they dissapear from the screens in the end. |
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| Philippe,
and your collegues, Joyce, Belgian and Dutch airforces thank you
kindly for your cooperation and offered opportunity ! |
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