The Aviation Magazine No 57 Special Edition 2018 Volume 9 Issue 4 | Page 34

...back to our visit.
At 09:00 sharp we were met at the front gate by Tango, a
Captain in the Belgian Air Force and a member of the 1st
Sqn Stingers (we will only use call sign names) who was my
contact. We went over to Security, to pick up our visitor's
badges as we surrendered our passports, which we would get
back upon returning the badges upon our leaving.
One of my requests was to photograph all the older aircraft
on display at various locations throughout the base. There were four aircraft: F-
84G Thunderjet, F-84F Thunderstreak, Mirage 5BA and the earliest F-16A Fight-
ing Falcon delivered to the Belgian Air Force, which represented all the major
types operating since the jet age.
Mirage 5BA above F-16A Fighting Falcon below.
F-84G above and the F-84F below
After my photographing the above we were taken to the 1st Sqn Stingers HQ
building. Here we met the 1st Squadron Commander “BK” as were showed around
the facilities. The squadron is not a large