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michel N wrote:RA-76952 was your Ilyushin (confirmed)

Thanks for those usefull data (I didn't know such precise informations were available).
Being not far from Liège this afternoon, I'll try to catch it on the parking.

I Spotted a Il-76 low near Liège around 4:45 - 5 PM.
Maybe coming to land at Liège Bierst ?

After the Israeli F-16 down, a Turkish army helicopter down in the North of Syria. 2 crew killed in this crash:

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/02 ... opter.html

Cause : reported shot down by some or technical failure by others.

Sadly, 5 crew appear to have die in today's crash, involving 2 Gazelles, in the south of France :

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2 ... _3224.html

I left Brussels airport 30 minutes ago and C-32 was readied for departure (parked at Abelag). The C-26 left at 5:10 PM indeed. I was right on time to catch it. :lol: The Swiss Falcon left a few minutes later. A German AF CL-600 serie was parked next to the C-32, as well as an unidentified Gulfstream...

Fred , looking at SBS the TurkishAF,the Hungarian AF and the USN C26 should still be there. Also due in tonight, with credit to Aviation24.be is a USAF C32B 00-9001. The USN C26 is due to depart at 17.30lcl. No idea on parkingspots :( Pieter, Thanks a lot Pieter. I'll try to go this afternoon and w...

Are those planes, which arrived and didn't depart yesterday, still there ? And if yes, are they at Abelag ?

As far as I know and after checking the main Belgian medias, no information in the Belgian News, those days, about the French offer being already officially rejected. Of course we may consider that the chances for Dassault to win the race are low. But I think that it is too early to consider, at thi...

tomcat604 wrote:Is the new gray scheme part of an overhaul/upgrade or just a repaint?
BTW - Nice capture Olli

Comparing the previous and new pictures, I notice a new antena appearing on the back of the re-sprayed aircraft, behind the cockpit.
So I guess it involved a modernization process also.

Does anybody know wether or not it is visible from outside (abelag ?) ?

I tried to go yesterdau in the afternoon to try ti make some pictures. Never seen so many police around : it was forbidden to get close to Abelag and even to different roads around... :evil: So no pictures possible, even from the distance, and awfull trafic jams around (I guess some passengers misse...

More news here : Only some of them will be made airworthy again (for now, just 5 are involved, with hopes to extend to around 30), the rest being used for spares : http://www.air-cosmos.com/sabca-reconfigure-des-mirages-f-1-103239 http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-de...

The ex-French Air force Mirages F-1 CR/CT recently bought by US firm ATAC now seem to be in Gosselies (Charleroi) at Sabca for overhaul. Did anybody notice them there ? Following this Newspaper, they would be present since September. Some Mirage's return to the sky soon to be expected I hope, even t...

E-4B still there around 11 AM with no sign of an imminent departure, and visible from Abelag's parking and main door. Also present at Abelag : - Spanish AdA Falcon 45-44, - Luftwaffe A-319, 15+01, - Greek AF Gulfstream, 678, - Polish Air Force Embraer (number not visible, behind the E-4B), - an unkn...

I was at Chievres on 26th, until 1:30 PM. The 2nd wave, leaving at 1 PM was only made of UH-60s all of them wearing the red cross (8 choppers). But their numbers aren't visible on my pictures. The first wave, 20 minutes sooner was a composite flight : One CH-47 F, at least one AH-64 and 4 or 5 other...