Belgian Air Force🇧🇪

Official account of the Belgian Air Force - Officieel account van de Belgische Luchtmacht - Compte officiel de la Force Aérienne Belge 🇧🇪 #ThisIsMyAirForce

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🇧🇪🤿 Back from Corsica: Koksijde divers trained with French counterparts, pushing limits through deep-diving drills and real-life scenarios.

Enhancing SAR readiness, interoperability, and teamwork, ready to act when every second counts. 🌊💪

📸Koksijde Air Base

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✈️ Did you know our Air Force revealed a special tail design this year?

For its 80th anniversary, a unique tribute to its history and its people.
See it up close at the Belgian Air Force Days 🔥
Ready to witness it? 👀
👉 https://t.co/6vg32iuK5b

📷de Ribaucourt F.

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Ramstein Flag ✈️🇧🇪

Together with 18 allies, our Air Force is taking part in a large-scale exercise deployed across Europe. During this exercise, we strengthen our collective readiness and refine our tactics to face current threats.
Together, we are stronger 💪

📷Volders R.

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One of our 🇧🇪🇱🇺 A400M from 15th Wing took part in a 🇸🇪 Swedish Air Force exercise, training for highway landings in near-real conditions.

➡️ Operating from limited infrastructure, anywhere, anytime.
🤝 Boosting interoperability & operational readiness.

📷Vanfraeyenhoeven L.

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Within hours , two 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 A400M from the 15th Wing Air Transport were prepared, loaded, and deployed to Poland in support of Ukraine 🇺🇦
3 rotations 🔁, no prior notice ⚡
A mission showcasing rapid response, precision, and professionalism of the personnel.

📷15th Wing

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🔧𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗹
Several F-16 shelters will be renovated in the coming months, enhancing aircraft protection on the ground while preparing for future F-35 infrastructure. 🛡️✈️🚧

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🚁 Did you know? Belgium’s SAR mission began in 1947 from Nieuwpoort before helicopters.
In 1961, the first Sikorsky at Koksijde marked a turning point. From Sea King to today’s NH90 NFH, the mission evolved.

➡️ One constant: save lives, when every minute counts.

📷Moors M.

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What if you were our future H145M pilot?
It all starts with learning to fly. From first flights to advanced training, each step builds the path.
👉 Over 300 flight hours. One goal: the H145M.
➡️ A next-gen helicopter. A wide range of missions.
📷Soulasse C. - @PilatusAircraft

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✈️ Last Friday, the Air Force held its change of command ceremony at Kleine-Brogel Air Base.

Lieutenant General Geert De Decker handed over command to 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀.

👏 We wish both officers every success in their future roles.

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The F-35 is about control, precision and performance✈️ Critical systems like the horizontal tail ensure stability and full controllability at high speed. Part of this capability is made in Belgium, contributing directly to one of the world’s most advanced air combat platforms 🇧🇪

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One year as Air Chief ✈️
A year of commitment, responsibility and pride.
As the Change of Command approaches, our Air Chief looks back on the moments that defined his command.
🎥 https://t.co/azr8Bu68Uh

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𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

Yesterday, the Air Force Alumni Networking Event took place in Beauvechain. Our former pilots were introduced to the opportunities within the reservist community and how their experience remains highly valuable. 🌟

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DART Challenge at Florennes & Kleine-Brogel enhanced training through advanced LVC simulations and complex scenarios.
Our Air Chief met the teams and highlighted the importance of innovation.

📷Moors M - Kleine-Brogel Air Base

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From today until Wednesday, our fighter pilots will train along the coast, resulting in increased flying activity and occasional brief noise peaks. These flights are essential to maintaining operational readiness.

📸Moors M.

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Yesterday, a ceremony marked the closure of our Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) in Kleine-Brogel.
For nearly four decades, the OCU trained our Belgian F‑16 pilots for operational missions, a proud legacy now preserved at the Kleine Brogel museum.

📷Kleine-Brogel

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Honouring our H145M technicians 🛠️👨‍🔧👩‍🔧 at Beauvechain Air Base, in the presence of our Air Chief. A key milestone marked by their new qualifications and the opening of the H145M Flight Maintenance Facility 🚁

📸Paulus E.

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JTACs in training
13 weeks of intensive, joint 🤝 and multinational 🌍 training to precisely and safely coordinate air support for ground forces.

✈️ Precision. Coordination. Trust.

📸de Ribaucourt F.

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The 17th SQN from the 1W trained in the Pyrenees during intensive mountain flying exercises.🚁Mountain flying is an essential part of helicopter pilot training and requires regular practice to maintain a high level of proficiency. 🏔️
👉 Read more via https://t.co/8DNmqFx07d

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Next week, our pilots will train along the coast, leading to increased flying activity. Some phases may cause brief noise peaks, especially during low‑altitude manoeuvres or when using inert training munitions. These flights are vital to maintain our crews’ operational readiness.

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Our Air Chief visited the Tactical Training Week in France 🇫🇷✈️
Paratrooper drops, A400M formation flight, and tactical missions around Orléans, all aimed at boosting interoperability with the @Armee_de_lair 🤝✨