Belgium Revives Cold War Air Defense Squadron After 37 Years
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It will be operated by the 51st Air Force Flight, which was reactivated on Monday. ...
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Belgium revives Cold War air defense squadron after 37 years
Belgium has brought back the 51st Squadron, an air defense unit that guarded NATO airspace with Nike Hercules missiles during the Cold War, after 37 years without it. Defense Minister Theo Francken said that the Belgian Air Force reactivated the squadron on November 9 at a ceremony at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, and that […]
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