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Belgium's 15th Transport Wing at Melsbroek AB, near Brussels, commemorated both its sixtieth anniversary and reached 200,000 flight hours on its fleet of C-130H transports during a training flight on 12 September. Base commander Col. Bernard Flamang piloted the specially decorated Hercules on the milestone flight. The Belgian Minister of Defence, Pieter De Crem, was in attendance at the event, which also included static displays of several of the wing's former aircraft, including a DH-89 Dominie and a C-47. Today, the Belgian Air Component operates ten of the twelve C-130H Hercules aircraft originally delivered. A replacement C-130 obtained from the US is now being overhauled. Belgium is expected to operate its current Hercules fleet until 2018.
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