We have seen the Thunderstreaks of the Belgian Air Force very frequently, both in operational conditions , in storage and/or as museum-pieces. This post deals with pictures of Thunderstreaks in Belgian Air Force service, while they still were operational.
Belgium flew its Thunderstreaks from 1955 till 1972. The aircraft entered service with nr. 2 Wing at Florennes and nr. 10 Wing at Kleine Brogel; Kleine Brogel replaced them by Starfighters in 1965; the aircraft that still were capable to fly went to Florennes, the others were scrapped at Koksijde. Nr. 2 Wing at Florennes kept flying the F-84F till 1972, when the last ones were replaced by the Mirage 5. Most surviving aircraft were placed in storage at Koksijde and eventually scrapped. A few survived and were placed as monuments or added to museum-collections.
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- FU6 at Eindhoven , 1969 (HE)
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- FU11 and FU97 at Kleine Brogel , 1968 (HE)
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- FU12 at Eindhoven , 1967 (HE)
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- FU017 (GH)
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- FU17 at Eindhoven , 1969( FK)
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- FU022 (Coll.GH)
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- FU26/3-RT at Chievres in 1960 (CollGH)
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- FU28 at Brustem , 1968 (HE)
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- FU28 at Brustem (GH)
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- FU28 at Brustem , 1968
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- FU037 at Eindhoven , 1968 (HE)
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- FU37 at Eindhoven , 1968(FK)
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- FU44 (CollGH)
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- FU51 at Eindhoven (FK)
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- FU52 (Coll.FK)
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- FU052 (GH)
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- FU52 at Wethersfield , U.K., 1964 (Coll.FK)
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- FU052 (Coll.GH)
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- FU093 (GH)
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- FU76 (CGH)
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- FU106 (CGH)
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- FU108 at Eindhoven ,1967 (HE)
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- FU113 at Brustem (Coll.GH)
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- FU116 at Chaumont (CGH)
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- FU119 ay Chaumont (CGH)
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- Fu133 (photo J. Horsthuis/CollGH)
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- FU134 at Mildenhall , 1969
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- FU137 at Wildenrath , 1967
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- FU148 at Soesterberg , 1969 (HE)
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- FU151
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- FU155 at Eindhoven , 1966 (HE)
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- FU159 at Bierset , 1969 (HE)
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- FU159 at Bierset , 1969
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- FU167 at Eindhoven ,1966 (HE)
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- FU173 at Kleine Brogel , 1970
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- FU173, Wildenrath 1967 (CollGH)
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- FU179 at Soesterberg , 1969 (HE)
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- FU181 (CGH)
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- FU186 at Eindhoven , 1967 (HE)
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- FU186 at Creil, France in 1967 (CGH)
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