page_title: Belgian Air Component
section_title: Retired aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Belgian Air Component / History / Retired aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: Belgian Fouga Magister (cropped)
context_page_description: The Belgian Air Component is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002 it was officially known as the Belgian Air Force. The Belgian military aviation was founded in 1909 and is one of the world's oldest air services.
  The commander is Major General aviator Frederik Vansina, appointed on 5 November 2014.
caption: A Belgian Fouga Magister
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