Military Jets Photography: 2014 09 12 Spottersday Kleine Brogel

After an absence of more than 15 years an airshow was organized once again at Kleine Brogel. The last airshow held at this airbase dates back to 1998. Since then times has changed drastically. Air Forces around Europe and the world were hit by mayor budget cutbacks forcing them to retire or reduce operational aircraft. This change of reduced and retired airframes was and is also noticeable at airshows because fewer and fewer aircraft were/and are able to attent.
But despite all these cutbacks the organization of The Belgian Air Force Days managed to attract some really nice aircraft to the show, both in the air and on the ground. The main themes for this airshow were 40 years of F-16 and 100 years of military aviation in Belgium.
On Friday the airbase organized a spotters day for the aviation enthusiasts . The weather was really beautiful and the organization provided enough space so that every spotter had a decent spot to take pictures and you could easily photograph the static display throughout the whole day. During the day we saw the arrivals from the last participating airplanes and there were also several rehearsals throughout the day. And during the spottersday the Belgian Air Force once again practiced their power demo. In the afternoon there were a couple of special formations flown by aircraft that were and still are in service within the Belgian Air Force.