FA-111 "Blackbird 75 years"785 viewsThe "First" was born during WW1 and started applying the "thistle" on its aircraft in 1917. The squadron flew Spitfire 14, F-84E/G/F from Florennes between 1949 and 1971. - Beauvechain AB, September 1992 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-106784 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-110 "Blackbird III"768 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-112756 viewsThe Flagship of the Recce Meet 2003. An event extremely popular and very well organised - Florennes AB, 31 July 2003 (C) Gilles Denis
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FA-112751 viewsAnother take off shot of FA-112 - Florennes AB, 31 July 2003 (C) Laurent Vlieghe
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FA-112748 viewsAnother specially decorated tail. This one celebrating the 85th birthday of 1 Sqn. You can notice the city of Chimay emblem, to which the squadron is associated - Florennes AB, 31 July 2003 (C) Laurent Vlieghe
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FA-112739 viewsWearing the 85th anniversaty markings of 1 Sqn - Florennes AB, 31 July 2003 (C) Gilles Denis
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FA-96735 viewsCarrying a non standard thistle. In fact, the painting should be on the other side of the tail ! - 1987
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FA-82718 viewsFA-82 in a typical low level configuration - over Northern France 1995 (C) "Pappy" van Gorp
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FA-121712 viewsWearing the special markings for 25 years of F-16 in Belgium - Florennes AB, 2004 (C) Laurent Vlieghe
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"670 views"Blackbird III" coming in to land on ruway 26 at Florennes - 1997 (C) Jacques Vincent
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FA-110 "Blackbird III"667 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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