Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Beauvechain Air Base

Index Beauvechain Air Base

Beauvechain Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located south of Beauvechain in Wallonia (Walloon Brabant Province); east-southeast of Brussels. [1]

51 relations: Advanced Landing Ground, Aeronautical Information Publication, AgustaWestland AW109, Atlantic Ocean, Basic Flying Training School (Belgian Air Component), Battle of Belgium, Battle of Britain, Battle of France, Bay of Biscay, Beauvechain, Belgian Air Component, Belgium, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bordeaux, Brussels, Eighth Air Force, England, Florennes Air Base, Gloster Gladiator, Goetsenhoven Airfield, Hawker Hurricane, Junkers Ju 88, Kampfgeschwader 3, Kampfgeschwader 30, Kampfgeschwader 6, Kleine Brogel Air Base, Larissa, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe, Maginot Line, Martin B-26 Marauder, Nazi Germany, Ninth Air Force, North Sea, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Steinbock, Poland, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Sedan, Ardennes, SIAI-Marchetti SF.260, Sint-Truiden Air Base, Soviet Union, United States Army Air Forces, Wallonia, Walloon Brabant, Wehrmacht, World War II, 1st Wing (Belgium), 322d Air Expeditionary Group, 36th Operations Group, ..., 373d Fighter Group. Expand index (1 more) »

Advanced Landing Ground

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Advanced Landing Ground · See more »

Aeronautical Information Publication

In aviation, an Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Aeronautical Information Publication · See more »

AgustaWestland AW109

The AgustaWestland AW109 is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter built by the Italian manufacturer Leonardo (formerly AgustaWestland, merged into the new Finmeccanica since 2016).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and AgustaWestland AW109 · See more »

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Atlantic Ocean · See more »

Basic Flying Training School (Belgian Air Component)

The Basic Flying Training School is a unit of the Belgian Air Component located at Beauvechain Air Base.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Basic Flying Training School (Belgian Air Component) · See more »

Battle of Belgium

The Battle of Belgium or Belgian Campaign, often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (Campagne des 18 jours, Achttiendaagse Veldtocht), formed part of the greater Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Battle of Belgium · See more »

Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Battle of Britain · See more »

Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Battle of France · See more »

Bay of Biscay

The Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne, Golfo de Vizcaya, Pleg-mor Gwaskogn, Bizkaiko Golkoa) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Bay of Biscay · See more »

Beauvechain

Beauvechain (Walloon: Bôvètché, Bevekom) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Beauvechain · See more »

Belgian Air Component

The Belgian Air Component (Luchtcomponent, Composante air) is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002 it was officially known as the Belgian Air Force (Belgische Luchtmacht; Force aérienne belge).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Belgian Air Component · See more »

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Belgium · See more »

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress · See more »

Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Bordeaux · See more »

Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Brussels · See more »

Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (8 AF) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Eighth Air Force · See more »

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and England · See more »

Florennes Air Base

Florennes Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located east southeast of Florennes, a Walloon municipality of Belgium.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Florennes Air Base · See more »

Gloster Gladiator

The Gloster Gladiator (or Gloster SS.37) is a British-built biplane fighter.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Gloster Gladiator · See more »

Goetsenhoven Airfield

Goetsenhoven Military Airfield is a Belgian Air Component base, located south of Tienen (Brabant Provincie), approximately east-southeast of Brussels (Bruxelles).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Goetsenhoven Airfield · See more »

Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Hawker Hurricane · See more »

Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 was a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Junkers Ju 88 · See more »

Kampfgeschwader 3

Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz" (KG 3) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Kampfgeschwader 3 · See more »

Kampfgeschwader 30

Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Kampfgeschwader 30 · See more »

Kampfgeschwader 6

Kampfgeschwader 6 (KG 6) (Bomber Wing 6) was a Luftwaffe bomber unit during the Second World War.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Kampfgeschwader 6 · See more »

Kleine Brogel Air Base

Kleine Brogel Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located east of Kleine-Brogel, in the municipality Peer, Belgium.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Kleine Brogel Air Base · See more »

Larissa

Larissa (Λάρισα) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region, the fourth-most populous in Greece according to the population results of municipal units of 2011 census and capital of the Larissa regional unit.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Larissa · See more »

Lehrgeschwader 1

Lehrgeschwader 1 (LG 1) (Demonstration Wing 1) formerly Lehrgeschwader Greifswald was a Luftwaffe multi-purpose unit during World War II, operating fighter, bomber and dive-bomber Gruppen.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Lehrgeschwader 1 · See more »

Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Luftwaffe · See more »

Maginot Line

The Maginot Line (Ligne Maginot), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Maginot Line · See more »

Martin B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was an American World War II twin-engined medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland (just east of Baltimore) from 1941 to 1945.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Martin B-26 Marauder · See more »

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Nazi Germany · See more »

Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force (9 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Ninth Air Force · See more »

North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and North Sea · See more »

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Operation Barbarossa · See more »

Operation Steinbock

Baby Blitz or Operation Steinbock (Unternehmen Steinbock) was a strategic bombing campaign by the German air force (the Luftwaffe) during the Second World War.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Operation Steinbock · See more »

Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Poland · See more »

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt · See more »

Sedan, Ardennes

Sedan is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Sedan, Ardennes · See more »

SIAI-Marchetti SF.260

The SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 (now Leonardo SF-260) is an Italian light aircraft which has been commonly marketed as a military trainer and aerobatics aircraft.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 · See more »

Sint-Truiden Air Base

Sint-Truiden Air Base (also known as Brustem Air Base) (Luchtmachtbasis Sint-Truiden) (Base Aérienne Saint-Trond) is a Belgian Air Component base, located south of Sint-Truiden (Limburg), approximately east of Brussels (Bruxelles).

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Sint-Truiden Air Base · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Soviet Union · See more »

United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and United States Army Air Forces · See more »

Wallonia

Wallonia (Wallonie, Wallonie(n), Wallonië, Walonreye, Wallounien) is a region of Belgium.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Wallonia · See more »

Walloon Brabant

Walloon Brabant (Brabant wallon, Dutch:, Roman Payis) is a province of Belgium, located in Wallonia.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Walloon Brabant · See more »

Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht (lit. "defence force")From wehren, "to defend" and Macht., "power, force".

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and Wehrmacht · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and World War II · See more »

1st Wing (Belgium)

The 1st Wing is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces, located at Beauvechain Air Base.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and 1st Wing (Belgium) · See more »

322d Air Expeditionary Group

The 322d Air Expeditionary Group (322 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and 322d Air Expeditionary Group · See more »

36th Operations Group

The 36th Operations Group (36 OG) is the operational component of the 36th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and 36th Operations Group · See more »

373d Fighter Group

The 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit.

New!!: Beauvechain Air Base and 373d Fighter Group · See more »

Redirects here:

A-89 Le Culot, EBBE, Le Culot Airfield.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvechain_Air_Base

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »