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Chièvres Air Base (ICAO: EBCV), also referred to as SHAPE Airfield at Chievres Air Base, [2] is a NATO airfield operated by the United States Air Force.It is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east southeast [1] of the Walloon town of Chièvres in the province of Hainaut, Belgium and about 12 mi (19 km) from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau.
The 309th Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last based at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium and assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operated a single C-37 aircraft providing executive airlift for NATO .
Crashed due to loss of control during a flying display at Chievres Air Base in Belgium; Flight Lieutenant B. D. Weatherley was killed during ejection. [50] [146] 29 July 1986 Spanish Navy: AV-8S Matador Crashed at Rota. [citation needed] 12 August 1986 VMA-542: AV-8B-7-MC Harrier II 162745
Chièvres Air Base is located in the municipality. The municipality consists of the following districts: Chièvres, Grosage, Huissignies, Ladeuze, Tongre-Saint-Martin, and Tongre-Notre-Dame. In 1918 the town was delivered by the 5th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders from four years of military occupation during the First World War.
Beauvechain Air Base: Mil./Public [7] Bertrix: Luxembourg: Wallonia: EBBX Jehonville Air Base: Mil./Public [8] Brasschaat: Antwerp: Flanders: EBBT Brasschaat Airfield: Private [9] Bruges / Ostend: West Flanders: Flanders: EBOS OST Ostend–Bruges International Airport: Public [10] Zaventem: Flemish Brabant: Flanders: EBBR BRU Brussels ...
Blue Alliance was a major allied air force exercise for the Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE) to achieve air supremacy over the Central European front and provide close air support to NORTHAG ground forces under the overall command of Lt. General Lauris Norstad, USAF. [12] [13] Two 1952 central region exercises involved air-ground ...
Air Force component of United States Transportation Command: Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Hickam AFB, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, U.S. Gen Kevin B. Schneider: Provide Air Force component units for United States Indo-Pacific Command: United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Europe District turned over its largest modern project in Africa in 2023 - $38 million of improvements to the Nigerian Air Force’s Kainji Air Force Base. The work was part of a larger foreign military sale to Nigeria, which also included the delivery of 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, precision munitions, and world-class training.