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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.
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 ...
Airlift support for SACEUR's travels is provided by the USAF's 309th Airlift Squadron at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium. In 2012 and 2013, NATO underwent a reorganization of the military command, and the land component commands at Heidelberg and Madrid were deactivated, [ 48 ] the maritime component command at Naples was closed [ 49 ] and the air ...
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 .
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.
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.
The 405th AFSB maintains Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksites in Europe and provides APS-2 equipment to units arriving from the continental United States. It also has mission command of eight Logistics Readiness Center and two Base Support Operations units.
Active: 1944–1946 1946–1955 1961–1971 1974–present: Country United States Branch United States Army Type: Signal: Size: Brigade: Part of: NETCOM: Headquarters: Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany