Belgian Air Force

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air force military branch

The Belgian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Belgium’s armed forces, responsible for the country’s air defense, surveillance, and support operations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Belgian Air Component 22
Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces 1
Belgian Air Component air base network 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
engagesIn Baltic Air Policing ⓘ
surface form: NATO Baltic Air Policing

Baltic Air Policing ⓘ
surface form: NATO Enhanced Air Policing

air transport missions ⓘ
air-to-air operations ⓘ
air-to-ground operations ⓘ
humanitarian airlift ⓘ
international peacekeeping missions ⓘ
reconnaissance missions ⓘ
search and rescue operations ⓘ
formerName Belgian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Air Component

Belgian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Military Aviation
hasCapability air refueling (via partners and pooled assets) ⓘ
airspace surveillance radar network ⓘ
joint operations with land and naval forces ⓘ
precision-guided munitions delivery ⓘ
tactical air transport ⓘ
tactical helicopter operations ⓘ
hasUnit 10th Tactical Wing ⓘ
15th Air Transport Wing ⓘ
1st Wing ⓘ
2nd Tactical Wing ⓘ
Advanced Flying Training School ⓘ
Air Defence Control Centre ⓘ
Air Traffic Control Centre ⓘ
Basic Flying Training School ⓘ
Helicopter Wing ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Evere ⓘ
nativeName Luchtcomponent ⓘ
surface form: Composante air

Luchtcomponent ⓘ
operatesBase Beauvechain Air Base ⓘ
Florennes Air Base ⓘ
Gavere-Semmerzake ⓘ
Kleine-Brogel Air Base ⓘ
Koksijde Air Base ⓘ
Brussels Airport ⓘ
surface form: Melsbroek Air Base
partOf Belgian Armed Forces ⓘ
responsibility air policing of Belgian airspace ⓘ
air policing of Luxembourg airspace ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air defense ⓘ
airspace surveillance ⓘ
support operations ⓘ
sharesMission Armed Forces of Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form: Luxembourg Armed Forces

Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ
usesAircraft Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
Embraer ERJ 135 ⓘ
Embraer ERJ 145 ⓘ
F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
Falcon 7X ⓘ
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ
NH90 helicopter ⓘ
surface form: NH90

Pilatus PC-21 ⓘ
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Wing → commandStructure → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Belgian Air Force → formerName → Belgian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Military Aviation
Belgian Air Force → formerName → Belgian Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Koksijde Air Base → formerOperator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Beauvechain Air Base → formerlyOperatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
AFB → hasBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
La Défense → hasBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Belgian Armed Forces → hasPart → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Luchtcomponent → hasPredecessor → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
2nd Tactical Wing → militaryBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces
Chief of Defence → militaryBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief of Defence (Belgium)
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Gavere-Semmerzake → militaryBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
1st Wing → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Advanced Flying Training School → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Air Defence Control Centre → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Air Traffic Control Centre → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Basic Flying Training School → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Beauvechain Air Base → operatedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Helicopter Wing → operatesFor → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Fiat CR.42 Falco → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Florennes Air Base → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Gavere-Semmerzake → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Kleine-Brogel Air Base → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Koksijde Air Base → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II → operator → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Belgian Ministry of Defence → oversees → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
10th Tactical Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
10th Tactical Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
15th Air Transport Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
1st Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
2nd Tactical Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Advanced Flying Training School → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Basic Flying Training School → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Helicopter Wing → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Kleine-Brogel Air Base → partOf → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component air base network
Baltic Air Policing → participant → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Kleine-Brogel Air Base → primaryUser → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
2nd Tactical Wing → service → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Air Defence Control Centre → service → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
1st Wing → serviceBranch → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Air Defence Control Centre → subordinateTo → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Force high command
Royal Military Academy (Belgium) → trainsFor → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Breguet 19 → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Fairey Battle → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Florennes Air Base → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Gavere-Semmerzake → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Air Component
Gloster Meteor → usedBy → Belgian Air Force ⓘ