Since the beginning of aviation in Belgium, our country has received many foreign visitors. During air shows in the golden years, squadron exchanges on Belgian Air Force operational bases or simply at the different international airports in the country. This page will bring up pictures of visitors that came to Belgium from the past years until today.

 

Alpha Jet E   (French Air Force EAC00.314 / Tours)
(705-MF / E98 & 705-MD E30)
Visiting Melsbroek on April 16th, 2012
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Westland Lynx HAS3S  (Royal Navy 815 Sqn)  (c/n 166)
(XZ726 / code 411)
Visiting Melsbroek on November 27th, 2004
(Johny De Visch)
Lockheed-Martin  C-130H  (Spanish Air Force Ala Casa 31)
Support aircraft for TLP session. Landing at Florennes Air Base
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Lockheed TF-104G  (Turkish Air Force 191 Filo / 9AJU))
Flight presention during Beauvechain airshow on June 29th, 1991.
(Serge Van Heertum)
North American F-86D "Sabre"  (USAFE 86 FIW / 514 FIS)
Ramstein based squadron in visit at Beauvechain in August 1959
(Coll SBAP)
 		 Republic F-84E "Thunderjet"   (USAFE 86 FBW)
Skyblazers aerobatic team based at Landstuhl air base in presention
during the international Airshow of Melsbroek in July 1952
(Coll SBAP)
Fiat G-59   (Italian Air Force)
Presented during the international Airshow of Melsbroek in July 1952
(Coll SBAP)		 Airbus A340-212   (French Air Force)  (c/n 81)
Visiting Melsbroek in February 2012
(Serge Van Heertum)
North American F-100C "Super sabre"  (USAF / 49 TFW)
On static display during the Bierset international airshow in 1958
(Jean-Marie Cuvelier via "Buzz")		 Gloster "Javelin" FAW.6   (RAF / 85 Sqn)
In visit at Chievres Airbase in Juni 1959
(Jean-Marie Cuvelier via "Buzz")
Lockheed F-104G  (German Air Force)
 Arrival at Charleroi train station for transfer to Fairey for final assembly.
The first 15 Luftwaffe aircraft arrived by train to be transferred to Gosselies; according the inscription on the railway wagon, the picture was probably taken during the first half of 1962.
(Coll Pierre Taquet)		 Armstrong Withworth Meteor NF.14  (French Air Force / CEV Bretigny)

At Fairey Gosselies for overhaul in the 1960's (2-tone camouflage)
Ex RAF (WS747) aircraft, was delivered to the French Armée de l’Air
in August 1955 and served as electronic countermeasures test aircraft.
Used by the CEV until 1985.
(Coll Jean-Luc Deval)
Sud-Est SE.210 Caravelle III   9XR-CH   Republic of Rwanda (c/n 209)
Presidential visit at Brussels in June 1976
(Coll SBAP)		 Airbus A310-324   HS-TYQ (44-444)  Thai Air Force  (c/n 591)
At Brussels National on August 7th, 1993 for the funeral of King Baudouin
(Serge Van Heertum)
Bell VH-1N  (Presidential flight HMX1)
 In stand by at Sabena Technics installations during the visit of
President Ronald Reagan in March 1988.
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Boeing VC6-137, SAM 27000   (USAF - Air Force One)
At Brussels National during the visit of President Ronald Reagan
between March 1st & 3rd, 1988
(Serge Van Heertum)
Dassault-Breguet-Dornier  Alpha Jet E   (French Air Force EC00.314)
At Melsbroek Airbase for a night stop in May 2011.
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Lockheed-Martin C-130E   (Turkish Air Force 222 Filo)
Visiting Melsbroek with a brother of arm in May 2011.
(Serge Van Heertum)
Canadair C41R        CF-LTX-X  
In fact the prototype of the CT-114 Tutor (C41) but with a starfighter nose grafted on to demonstrate the use of  radar and avionics; no production examples were built. Chièvres 1963
(Edmond Van Heertum)		 English Electric Lightning F Mk.2  (RAF 92 Sqn)
During a squadron exchange in May 1967
at Beauvechain airbase
(Coll SBAP)
 
Lockheed KC-130F & Sikorsky HH-53   (USAF)
 During a flight refueling pass at Beauvechain in 1972
(Edmond Van Heertum)
 		 Lockheed-Martin  C-130H  (Hellenic Air Force 356 TTS)
In Melsbroek installations.
The special "open skies" pod is mounted under the left wing in 2002
(Serge Van Heertum)
Boeing B-737-33A  ( Pakistan Air Force) (AP-BEH)
At Brussels Airport during a presidential visit in 1998
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Boeing B-727-51 (TP-02) (Mexican Air Force)
At Melsbroek Airbase in September 1993
(Serge Van Heertum)
Hawker Siddeley Buccanneer S2B  (RAF 16th Sqn)
At Kleine Brogel in September 1991.
The aircraft is wearing the first gulf war comouflage
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Mc Donnell F-101 Voodoo  (USAF)
In static display probably at Brustem in the early 1960's
(Coll SBAP)
 
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbold II   (USAF 509th Tactical Fighter Sqn)
Arrival from Bentwaters-Woodbridge at Gosselies in July 1981
(Serge Van Heertum)
 		 Hawker Hunter F.58  (Swiss Air Force)
Aircraft of the "Patrouille Suisse" during Kleine Brogel airshow
in September 1991
(Serge Van Heertum)
British Aerospace Hawk T.1  (RAF 100 Sqn)
From RAF Valley during suadron exchange with 7 Squadron at Brustem in 1995
(Serge Van Heertum)		 Lockheed F-104S  (Italian Air Force 102 Gruppo / 5 Stormo)
At Kleine Brogel during "Ample Train" exercice in june 1991
(Serge Van Heertum)

 

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