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yesterday, on August 29, Belgian Air Force Sea King, serial RS03, was retired from service. article in Dutch: http://40squadron.webs.com/apps/blog/show/32687100-29-08-2013-farewell-rs03 (correction, regarding previous recieved information: http://40squadron.webs.com/apps/blog/show/32686512-rs03-rech...

Update:

RN01 has been flown over to Marignane on August 26.
RN02 is as good as ready, expected to Arrive at Koksijde AB in November 2013 (in worst case February 2014)

http://www.mil.be/def/news/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=3955
http://www.mil.be/def/gall/index.asp?LA ... 626&IDS=35

UPDATE: last week, RN01 left Donauworth for Marignane, France, where it will join RN05 in the training of crews ans personel. work should be done by may 2014. furthermore, it has been announced today that delivery of the first NH90NFH on Belgian Soil (Koksijde AB) is sheduled for November 2013, but ...

thought i would bump this topic rather then start a new one. a rumor has recentlybeen circulating that a second Seaking (reported to be RS03) will be taken out of service in the next few days. though information is sketchy at the moment, i will wait until official information comes in before i can c...

hopelijk behouden ze de EC benaming, de kans bestaat.
toen Aerospatiale werd omgedoopt tot Eurocopter hebben ze ook de SA en AS benamingen voor de Super Puma, Cougar en Dauphin behouden.

the first NH90-NFH for the Belgian Air Force has been handed over yesterday.
this version will replace the ageing Seaking and Alouette III.

http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/militar ... ft1qm3DVnE

how long before the first Chinese xerox copies of the aircraft will be seen?

i might have some news regarding this deal.

last weekend i visited a fly in at Ursel AirField and 21 squadron personel at the Belgian AF stand,
informed me they are looking into the Airbus A320 as the prefered aircraft of choice.
although they did not specify if it was going to be 1 or 2 aircraft.

The first NH90NFH was expected to be handed over at Eurocopter’s Donauworth plant in Germany, to the Belgium Government on July 11, 2013 and it is then expected to be flown to Marseille to commence pilot training. The new helicopter completed its first flight on April 5. Leveringsdatums: RN01: 11 J...

de genoemde prijs van de Gripen-E/F valt te betwijfelen, grotendeels omdat het toestel nog maar net in aanbouw is (vorige week is men begonnen met het snijden van de eerste onderdelen voor 3 testtoestellen). dus de eindprijs is nog niet bekend. de Gripen-C/D heeft een stukprijs tussen de 40 en 60 mi...

hopelijk zenden ze deze keer wel de juiste aflevering uit.

was ook nogal verontwaardigt dat ik aflevering 1 zag ipv 4
was bezig met ze alle 6 op te nemen op PVR

im no pilot, but i did fly in: July 1999: Seaking Mk.48, RS05, Belgian AF (back when it was still in its camoflage) August 2008: Alouette III, M-1, Belgian Navy December 2010: Seaking Mk.48, RS03; Belgian AF (30years Anniversary markings on tail) im hoping one day i might have the opportunity to fly...

i thinks its kinda strange that the RAF is replacing the Nimrod R.1 with an aircraft, who's design is, practicly the same age as its predecesser.
if they wanted to invest in a long-term sollution, why didnt they just integrate the same mods/systems onto a newer airframe, like the 767 or 737.

ik vind die manier van aanpakken onverantwoord.
ze konden zo onschuldige mensen in hun huizen hebben geraakt.

een .50 instaleren op een heli is een goed idee, maar enkel als je operaties op zee of open terrein uitvoert.
voor een dichtbevolkt gebied als Rio is het te gevaarlijk om zoiets te gebruiken.