As long as the neighbouring countries, which are our allies, welcome us, it is normal that we also offer our base for this. Last year we went to Landivisiau in Brittany. We regularly send our F-16s abroad for training. Colonel Philippe, Goffin Florennes Base Commander © Benoît DenetĬolonel Philippe Goffin, Florennes Base Commander: It has been a long time since we have had a foreign detachment on our base. The remaining 28 helicopters are being upgraded from D to E models. Two have been lost in combat (in Afghanistan in 2004 and in Mali in 2015). The Netherlands has acquired 30 of these combat helicopters. Other machines are flying from their base in Gilze-Rijen. Three AH-64 Apache helicopters have been deployed for the entire duration of the exercise. About 100 people are deployed at this base in the province of Namur. On 17 January, a series of exercises for a Dutch helicopter detachment started at the Florennes base.
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