Base visit Brussel-Melsbroek, Belgium

Base visit Brussel-Melsbroek

The home base of the Belgian military transport fleet is Brussel-Melsbroek. During the visit on April, 12th, only a few aircraft were present that day. Unfortunately, most of the aircraft were out on a mission. An Airbus A310 and one C-130 Hercules were parked on the flightline. A nice visitor at Brussel-Melsbroek that day was s Spanish Air Force CASA CN.235M-100. I would like to thank the Belgian Air Component (15 Wing) for making this visit possible.

A welcome visitor at Brussel-Melsbroek was this Spanish Air Force CASA CN.235M-100 with serial T.19B-18/35-36. Ala 35 operates this aircraft from their homebase Madrid-Getafe in Spain.

Two Airbus A310-222's are in the inventory of the Belgian Air Component. Both were present during the visit. One of them, the CA-02, was parked on the flightline while the other was undergoing maintenance. 15 Wing operates the aircraft for cargo- and passengerflights.

They also operates four Embraers; two ERJ-135LR (the CE-01 and CE-02) and two ERJ-145LR transport aircraft (serials CE-03 and CE-04). One of them, an Embraer ERJ-145LR with serial CE-04 is seen here parked in the large hangar. Note the other Airbus 310-322 in the background.

A Belgian Police McDonnell Douglas MD 900 Explorer, serial G-12, is seen here in front of the Police hangar at Brussel-Melsbroek. All the helicopters and aircraft from the Police operate from the military part of Brussel airport. Beside of two MD 900 Explorers, the Police also flies with two MD 520 helicopters. The fixed wing fleet consist of two Cessna 182's.