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Change: being taken over by a guided missile unit. After a disbandment ceremony on February 26, 1960, all Bierset Hunter were flown to eighter Chièvres or to the Koksijde storage facility and on April 30 both squadrons ceased to exist.In 1960 No 7 Wing was the sole Hunter operatorIn
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Aug 31 2007, 3:31 PM EDT
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Change: Belgian Air Force. These were replaced by two or three digit numbers equivalent to the aircraft serial number.operatorIn 1963 the first rumours appeared that No 7 Wing was to be disbanded and this was confirmed by the disbandment of No 8 Squadron on August 1,
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Aug 31 2007, 3:28 PM EDT
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Change: onein yearlate 1959later.. In addition to its air defence role, No 8 Squadron also acted as the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for all new Hunter pilots entering the Belgian Air Force. In the early years No 7 Wing operated
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Aug 31 2007, 3:26 PM EDT
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Aug 31 2007, 3:24 PM EDT
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Change: be equipped with the Hunter F6 was No 9 Fighter Wing with 22 Squadron (code 'IS-') and 26 Squadron (code 'JE-') at Bierset. It had
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Aug 31 2007, 3:17 PM EDT
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Change: although some of belgian aircraft were observed with a straight wing. It was powered by the more more powerful Rolls-Royce Avon 203 which gave 10000lb thrust at sea level, whereas the Avon 100s in the Hunter F4 developed 7550lb. Additionally it had the so-called 'flying-tail' which meant
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Aug 21 2007, 5:23 PM EDT
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Change: were plenty of Hunter F6s available for No 7 Wing.The second unit to be equipped with the Hunter F6 was No 9 Fighter Wing with 22 Squadron (code 'IS-') and 26 Squadron (code 'JE-') at Bierset. It had received its first
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Apr 16 2007, 2:43 PM EDT
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Apr 16 2007, 2:26 PM EDT
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Mar 30 2007, 9:57 AM EDT
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Mar 26 2007, 2:59 PM EDT
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Mar 20 2007, 4:26 PM EDT
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Change: Later the colorscheme was slightly modified, the aircraft received a larger white fuselage band, the red paint leaving only a very thin metal exhaust ring, and there was a red and white checkerboard on the upper wingtips, some of the original schemes were later repainted.The team continued
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Mar 20 2007, 4:16 PM EDT
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Change: F8s,F8s, was posted to No 7 Fighter Wing at Chièvres, and it did not take him long to realise what a wonderful aerobatic aircraft the Hunter was. So he decided it was time to do it all
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Mar 20 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
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Change: liquid fuel (AVPIN) starting system replaced the cartridges, resulting in a considerably reduced scramble time. Furthermore,these aircraft could carry wing pylon tanks giving them a greater range.For the Belgian Air Force the requirement was for 144 aircraft (IF1 to IF144), of which 52 were to be delivered straight from
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Mar 20 2007, 4:10 PM EDT
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Change: Aircraft Details: Part 1: IF1 - IF25 Part 2: IF26 - IF50 Part 3: IF51 - IF75 Part 4: IF76 - IF100 Part 5: IF101 - IF125 Part 6: IF126 - IF144
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Mar 18 2007, 4:12 PM EDT
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