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the last 3 aircraft, that were still flown at Cazaux, landed at Beauvechain today.
the aircraft will now be stored at EBBE and 25 aircraft are up for sale.

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200114_04805161

looks like the contract for 2 Falcon 7X is on again, exptected delivery is for March 2020.
these will replace the remaining Embraer ERJ-135/145LR's

https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/de ... ~a8db393a/

they should hace kept SAR ops in military hands, like they do in Belgium.
or NHV will have to buy larger helicopters, like the H215 or H225 Super Puma's.

the sole Airbus A400M for the Luxembourg Armed Forces has been rolled out of the paintshop at Sevilla today.
it carries the serial CT-01 and also carries the emblem of the 15th Wing of Melsbroek AB, Belgium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Faj7vzvxtM&t=0s

why not just replace these old 105's, they are way past obsolete.
maybe (temporarily) fill the gap with some ex-Belgian Alpha jets?

a couple of helo's have already left zeebrugges, seen 2 UH-60M's fly over here about an hour ago (30 minutes appart). heading for Chievres.

there was one present at the Sanicole airshow 2 weeks ago

yesterday, a Morane-Saulnier MS-893 (OO-VON) crashed at Wevelgem airport while attempting to pick up a banner.
the pilot unfortunatly didnt survive the crash.

https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/wevelgem ... ~a5f80835/

from the pictures ive seen from friends, thereare at least 3 AV-8B+'s (one on the ski-ramp is a special tail for RIAT) and one SH-3H vissible on the flightdeck.

appaarently, the BAF is selling some of its surplus C-130H's on public tender.

https://m.mil.be/nl/evenement/verkoop-v ... liegtuigen

A400M MSN104 is the Luxembourg machine.

Stafsels wrote:who would buy these grand old ladies?

Amybody a idea?

Greetings,

Stafsels

Maybe they can offer them to Chile, aferall they will work great with the other ex-RNLAF F-16A/B they fly.
they have bought a lot of ex-Dutch equipment in the past (Bo105, F-16,...).

2 days ago, the Belgian Air Force retired its last Westland Sea King Mk.48. in the morning, RS05 made one last flight allong the coastline, landing at 10 coastal town handing over a memorial flag. in the afternoon, one last formationflight was flown, in formation with an NH90-NFH, Allouette III, Ger...

according to the source, the aircraft involved in the crash is a MiG-21 (propably a MiG-21UM)?

according to pictures, MSN104 should be the first Belgian machine, at least according to pictures of the rear fuselage. source https://sway.office.com/by7yi2U2sg4knFNw i downloaded the pics in HiRes and either 104 is the first Belgian or they labeled the part incorrectly, i believe its the latter. s...