AirForces Monthly – September 2019

Solenzara Stingers

Earlier thissummer,1 Squadron

‘Stingers’oftheBelgian Air

Component departedtheirhome

baseofFlorennesfora two-week

deploymenttoSolenzaraonthe

FrenchislandofCorsica.Joe

Campionjoinedthem.

A Belgian fl ag displayed proudly on the cockpit

coaming, a ‘Stingers’ F-16AM tears through a

Corsican valley. Each Belgian ‘Viper’ pilot fl ies an

average of 150 hours annually, but this has been

boosted during combat deployments in recent

years. All photos Joe Campion

Belgian F-16s in Corsica

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