FA-106490 views"FLARE CHECK"...FA-106 displays the typical load over Bosnia : 2 AIM-9M, 2 Mk82 Low Drag bombs and an ALQ-131 jamming pod - February 1997 (C) "Pappy" van Gorp
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FA-109493 viewsLanding at Florennes after a training mission on a shooting range. (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-109356 viewsFA-109 taxiing to the threshold of runway 26 at Florennes AB - 1996 (C) Laurent Vlieghe
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FA-109353 viewsFA-109 showing a "high-viz" thistle and 1st Sqn tail stripe - 1996 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-109342 viewsNote the "XXV" at the base of the tail. Does it reflect a previous visit to RAF Leeming's 25 Sqn? - 1996 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"338 viewsNote that the " Stingers" nickname was carried for the very first time during the Deliberate Guard mission over Bosnia in 1997 as a low vis (and short lived) design on the tail - Florennes AB, 1997 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"394 viewsFor the 80th anniversary of 1 Sqn, FA-110 became the third " Blackbird ". Number one was a Mirage 5 and number two was FA-111. The "Stingers" nickname appears for the first time (officially !) - Florennes AB, 6 September 1997 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"475 viewsAnother " Blackbird "... this time the designer was Cdt Fabian Gossens, one of the most experienced pilot of the squadron - Florennes AB, 1997 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"340 viewsClose up on the tail and the blazon of the city of Chimay. Chimay and 1 Sqn have a strong relationship since 1989 - Florennes AB, 6 September 1997 (C) Gilles Denis
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"374 views"Blackbird III" coming in to land on ruway 26 at Florennes - 1997 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-111 "Blackbird 75 years"629 viewsThe "Blackbird" design was created by Cdt "Baude" Litt . The painting section of Florennes AB made a terrific job ...note that a ventral fuel tank was painted as well - 1992 (C) "Pappy" van Gorp
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FA-111 "Blackbird 75 years"576 viewsDisplayed in front of a hangar for the Spotters during the "open days" - 1992 (C) Jacques Vincent
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