Belgium to retire B-Hunter UAV's

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Belgium to retire B-Hunter UAV's

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as of September 1st, the Belgian Armed Forces will retire its fleet of B-Hunter UAV's.
as announced earlier, its retirement date of Januari 1st was brought foward early to enable crews to convert to the newer MQ-9B Sky Guardian UAS, a contract with the US for 4 of these MALE drones and 2 ground stations was signed earlier this week, aswell as close colaboration with the Royal Air Force in jointly operating the type.

the Belgian MQ-9B are expected to be delivered by march 2024

https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/be ... ~a770ff35/

https://www.belgiandefencenews.be/news/ ... or-belgie/

https://www.belgiandefencenews.be/news/ ... ft-system/
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Re: Belgium to retire B-Hunter UAV's

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The last flight took place on August the 28th under strict corona rules. The plane involved was the B-Hunter s/n 274
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Re: Belgium to retire B-Hunter UAV's

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At Florennes AB of course
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