The Belgian Air Component

Air Component Commander

Major-General Claude Van de Voorde

Operational Air Command (COMOPSAIR)

Staff COMOPSAIR
Kwartier Koningin
Elisabeth
Eversestraat 1
1140 EVERE (Brussels)
Operational Air ACC
COMOPSAIR
Command
Pers Assist
ASD (SO)
(Civ)

COS

Synth Offr
EXO (SO1)
(SO1)

A1 (SO0) A2 (SO) A3 (SO) A4 (SO) A5 (SO0) A8 (SO1) IPR (SO1)

Standard &
Admin Cbt Coord&Infra Plans Comms
Analyses

Sport & Public

Pers/Org Tpt Aircraft Eval
Survival Relations

Passive
Heli C³IS Analyse
Defense

Active Defense UAV Gd Sp

Safety &
Counter- Msn Pln
Intelligence

CSC Airspace Ctl

IKE
Operational Air Command (COMOPSAIR)

COMOPSAIR

2 W Tac
80 UAV
Florennes

10 W Tac Meteo Wing 1 Wing

Kleine Brogel Beauvechain Beauvechain

Air Education
Schools:
Beauvechain
ATCC ASD Tours
15 W Air Tpt Cazaux
Gravere Beauvechain
Melsbroek
Avord
Dax

SAR CRC CC Air IKU

Koksijde Glons Beauvechain Meerdaal
 Operational Air Command
8 Mission Scenarios

• Unarmed Aid to the Nation

• International Humanitarian Aid
• National Engagement of Armed Military
• Non Combatant Evacuation Ops (NEO)
• Defense Diplomacy
• Peace Keeping Ops
• Peace Enforcing Ops
• Collective Defense of the NATO Alliance
 F-16 Units (60 F-16 A/B MLU Aircraft)

10th Tactical Wing

Kleine Brogel AFB
Vliegveld
3990 Peer

2nd Tactical Wing

Florennes AFB
Route Charlemagne 191
5620 Florennes
F-16 Units (Kleine Brogel)

31 Squadron
-FBX
-ADX

349 (F) Squadron

-ADX
-FBX

OCU Squadron
-Conversion F-16
F-16 Units (Florennes)

1 Squadron
-FBX
-ADX
-TRI

350 (F) Squadron

-ADX
-FBX
Search And Rescue (SAR)

Koksijde Air Base

Vandammestraat 100
8670 Koksijde
 Search And Rescue (SAR) Unit
40 Squadron
- 4 Westland Sea King Mk 48

Heli Flight Marine

-3 Sud Aviation 316 B Alouette III
Air Transport Unit (15 Wing)

15th Air Transport Wing

Haachtse steenweg 138
1820 Steenokkerzeel - Melsbroek
 Air Transport Unit
20th Squadron
- 11 C-130H “Hercules”
 Air Transport Unit
21 Squadron
- 1 Airbus A330-300 (lease)
- 2 Airbus A310 – 200
- 2 Embraer ERJ 135
- 2 Embraer ERJ 145
- 2 Dassault Falcon 20E
- 1 Dassault Falcon 900B
Control & Reporting Centre

Control and Reporting Centre

GLONS
Thier Mathias 1A
4690 Bassenge
Air Traffic Control Centre

Air Traffic Control Centre

Molenstraat 69
9890 Gavere
 Meteo Wing

Meteo Wing
Route Louvain-Namur
1320 Beauvechain
80 Unmanned Aereal Vehicles Squadron

14 B-Hunters and 5 Ground

stations

80 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sqn

Lagerstrasse 1
4750 Bütgenbach
 1 Wing Beauvechain

1 Wing
Route Louvain-Namur
1320 Beauvechain
 1 Wing Beauvechain

27 A109BA Helicopters
- Fire Support
- Recce
- Observation
- Medical evacuation
- Transport
Aviation Safety Directorate (ASD)

Aviation Safety Directorate

Route Louvain-Namur
1320 Beauvechain
 CC Air Beauvechain

CC Air
Route Louvain-Namur
1320 Beauvechain
CC Air Beauvechain
5th Squadron

9th Squadron

32 SIAI-Marchetti SF.260
 Interforce Kennel Unit

Interforce Kennel Unit

Naamsesteenweg 100
3050 Oud-Heverlee
 Air-crew Training Centers
Basic Training School
(Beauvechain)

Fighter Pilots School

(TOURS)
Transport Training School
(AVORD)

Fighter Lead-in Trg

(CAZAUX)

Helicopter Training Centre

(DAX)

29 Belgian Alpha-Jets