Lockheed Martin presented the Belgian Air Force with its first F-35A Lightning II during an event at its Fort Worth, Texas, production facility Sunday. The aircraft, which is designated AY-01, will be ...

Belgium has taken over the mission of patrolling airspace around fellow NATO member Iceland, dispatching Lockheed Martin F-16As to the island nation. Without an air force but strategically located ...

Belgium has received its first F-35A Lightning II for in-country service, officially integrating it into its air force to bolster national and NATO defenses. This delivery is part of a broader NATO ...

Belgium's air force ceased to be an independent service on 2 January, becoming the army air component or COMOPSAIR (Command Operations Air). The air force has been shrunk progressively over the past ...

Summary: Belgium’s third F-35A, designated AY-03, has completed its first flight, advancing the country’s transition to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for its air force. -The aircraft, ...

FLORENNES AIR BASE, Belgium, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Belgium's first F-35A Lightning II aircraft to be stationed in country arrived at Florennes Air Base. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joined the ...

A crowd of Belgian and Fort Worth officials heard the sound of thunder and saw flashes of lights that mimicked lightning before the curtains unveiled the first F-35 Lightning II that Lockheed Martin ...

“Together with our NATO and European allies, we’re building a wall of F-35s, a shield of over 700 aircraft, securing our European skies. That wall is not a symbol of aggression, but of determination.

In addition to procuring more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Belgium will acquire A400M freighters, a helicopter fleet, and armed drones. In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO members have ...

CHIÈVRES, Belgium – The whir of a plane circling thousands of feet above accompanied the flutter of fabric as several members of the Belgian Special Forces Group parachuted out of a cloudless sky onto ...

A Belgian Air Force F-16 hit a building shortly after start-up. On Jul. 1, 2021, a BAF (Belgian Air Force) F-16 was involved in an incident at Leeuwarden Air Base, in the Netherlands. According to the ...