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Belgium agrees to send outgoing F-16s to Ukraine from 2025

Brussels has pledged that Belgium will in fact join Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands in transferring some of its outgoing F-16AM/BM (MLU) Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine, though the first of an undisclosed number of jets will not be handed over to Kyiv until 2025

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Belgium retires first F-16 from use after nearly 40 years of ops

The Belgium Air Force withdrew its first F-16AM (MLU) Fighting Falcon from operational use on September 8, after the multi-role fighter reached the 8,000 flight hour milestone

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INTERVIEW: What it takes to be Belgium's F-16 'Viper' display pilot

Benoît Denet meets Belgium’s F-16 Dream Viper demo pilot, Captain Steven De Vries, callsign ‘Vrieske’, to find out what it takes to put his aircraft through its paces at air shows across Europe

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Another ex-Belgian C-130H ready for delivery to Pakistan

Another former Belgian Air Force-operated Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transport has been readied for transfer to the Pakistan Air Force and was recently spotted at Melsbroek Air Base – which is co-located at Brussels Airport and home to the 15th Air Transport Wing – awaiting delivery to its new operator

MSFS touches down in Belgium

Scenery developer, MM Simulations has released EBLG Liège Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Antwerp for MSFS released

Aerosoft has announced Antwerp International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.

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Belgium transitions from C-130 Hercules to A400M Atlas

As Belgium pushes for ward with the integration of its fresh fleet of Airbus A400Ms into a fully operational ser vice, Joe Campion meets the unit’s commanding officer to find out more

Belgium’s first F-35A is now in production

The Belgian Ministry of Defence revealed that the manufacturing process of the country’s first F-35A Lightning II has begun at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 14

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Nigerien C-130H completes overhaul in Brussels

One of the Niger Air Force’s newest Lockheed C-130H Hercules has completed a major refurbishment by Sabena Technics at the firm’s facility in Brussels, Belgium

Lightning strikes Belgian F-16BM during training sortie

A Lockheed Martin F-16BM Block 20 (MLU) Fighting Falcon was forced to make a precautionary landing at Ostend-Bruges International Airport after being struck by lightning on September 14