BELGIAN HERCULES FAREWELL FLIGHT

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At the end of December after almost 50 years of service, the Belgische Luchtmacht (Belgian Air Force) will retire its last remaining Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules transport aircraft and on this occasion, a special formation farewell flight will be organised on the Friday 17th of December.

 
 

The first Hercules was delivered to the Belgian Air Force on the 25th of July 1972 and replaced the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, now the Hercules itself is being replaced by the more modern Airbus A400M Atlas.

The formation will leave Melsbroek air base (Brussels Airport) at around 13:00 hrs Local Time and will return at 15:45 hrs after flying over 22 locations all over Belgium. The route and timings have been published by the Belgian Air Force and are subject to change due to weather or aircraft serviceability.

 
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