Royal Belgian Air Force order of battle 1998
The Royal Belgian Air Force (French: Force Aerienne Belge, Dutch: Belgische Luchtmacht) on January 2nd 1998 when the Kingdom of Belgium together with the French Republic began their invasion of the Netherlands had in service a total of 320 jet fighters (including the Mirage MirSIPs and F-16 recon fighters), 69 jet and propeller driven trainer aircraft), 30 transport aircraft (all versions) and 9 helicopters (all versions) in service
No. 1 Wing - Beauvechain, Belgium
No. 349 Squadron “Mace”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 350 Squadron “Ambiorix”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 2 Wing - Florennes, Belgium
No. 1 Squadron “Stingers”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 2 Squadron “Comet”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 3 Wing - Liege, Belgium
No. 8 Squadron: 20 Mirage MirSIPs (1).
No. 42 Squadron:12 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons (Recon mission) (2).
No. 9 Wing - St Truiden, Belgium
No. 7 Squadron: 16 Alpha Jets.
No. 33 Squadron: 16 Alpha jets.
No. 10 Wing - Kleine-Brogel, Belgium
No. 23 Squadron “Devils”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 31 Squadron “Tigers”: 24 General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcons.
No. 15 Air Transport - Wing Melsbroek, Belgium
No. 20 Squadron: 11 Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft.
No. 21 Squadron: 1 Dassault Falco 900B, 2 Dassault Falcon 20, 12 Swearingen Merlin IIIA turboprop aircraft, 2 Boeing 727-29QC and 2 Airbus A310-222.
Elementaire Vliegschool/Ecole de Pilotage Elementaire - Goetsenhoven, Belgium
36 Siai Marchetti SF.260M and 1 SF.260D Single-engined trainer aircraft.
Search And Rescue (SAR) - Koksijde, Belgium
No. 40 Squadron : 4 Westland Seaking helicopters (SAR and transport) and 2 Eurocopter Cougar AS 532U2 helicopters (3).
Heli Flight Marine: 3 Sud-Aviation SA.316B Alouette III (Support to Belgian Royal Navy units/ships).
(1) The Mirage MirSIP is a upgrade of the Mirage 5 called the called the Mirage System Improvement Program (MirSIP) which included a total of 20 Mirage 5s (15 Mirage 5 BA and 5 Mirage 5 BD) who where upgraded in the 1992 to 1993 period.
(2) 12 F-16 where acquired after the withdrawal of the Mirage 5BR reconnaissance aircraft from service in 1995. Fitted out with Netherlands-built Oude Delft Orpheus underfuselage camera pods.
(3) 2 Eurocopter Cougar AS 532U2 helicopters acquired in 1997.
Royal Belgian Navy order of battle 1998
The Royal Belgian Navy (French: Marine Royale, Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) on January 2nd 1998 when the Kingdom of Belgium together with the French Republic began their invasion of the Netherlands consisted of 4 frigates,10 minehunters and 2 support ships.
Frigates
Wielingen-class frigates
BNS Wielingen (F910)
BNS Westdiep (F911)
BNS Wandelaar (F912)
BNS Westhinder (F913)
Minehunter
Tripartite-class minehunter
BNS Aster (M915)
BNS Bellis (M916)
BNS Crocus (M917)
BNS Dianthus (M918)
BNS Fuchsia (M919)
BNS Iris (M920)
BNS Lobelia (M921)
BNS Myosotis (M922)
BNS Narcis (M923)
BNS Primula (M924)
Command and logistical support ship
Godetia-class command and logistical support ship
BNS Godetia (A960)
Zinnia-class command & logistic support ship for mine countermeasures
BNS Zinnia (A 961)
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