About

Kleine Brogel Air Base (ICAO: EBBL) is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located in Kleine Brogel, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 10th Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons.

It has been subject to much political controversy because of alleged U.S. nuclear weapons not being stored in the facility.

History

In March 1945 the air field became operational, and in April the first squadrons arrived. Many more squadrons followed. Kleine Brogel became officially functional in 1953.

1960 saw the beginning of the "permanent alarm QRA" (Quick Reaction Alert) missions, during the beginning of the cold war. In 1964, the first F-104 Starfighters arrived.

In 1981, the Belgian Airforce "23rd Squadron" had the dubious honour of becoming the first non-US squadron to fly with F-16 fighters. Since 1984 they have had a nuclear strike roll.

The "Maintenance Squadron", was the first American military body in Belgium with a combat mission since the end of the Second World War. Their mission includes receiving, hosting, maintaining and checking the stockpiles of nuclear weapons at the base.

Kleine Brogel is also currently the home of the Tactical Fighterbomber Wing (10 W TAC), the section of the Belgian Air force under NATO command. This wing is responsible for, and is trained for, flying with the F-16. It takes part in regular exercises for the loading and use of nuclear weapons.

10th Tactical Wing

The 10th Tactical Wing (Dutch: 10 Tactische Wing) is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is based at the Kleine Brogel Air Base, in the municipality of Peer. It employs approximately 38 F-16 Fighting Falcons and 1700 staff.

It is organised into three groups, the Flying Group, the Maintenance Group and the Defence and Support Group, and is supported by a medical detachment, a territorial maintenance team and the 701 Munitions Support Squadron of the United States Air Force. The Flying Group comprises the 31st Squadron, the 349th Squadron and an Operational Conversion Unit.

Address:

10 th Tactical Wing
Vliegbasis GenMaj Vl Ivan Du Monceau de Bergendal
Vliegveld
3990 Peer

Tel: +32 011/51 22 14

Fax: +32 011/51 26 00

URL: http://www.mil.be/aircomp/units/index...

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General Info
Country	Belgium
ICAO ID	EBBL
Time	UTC+1(+2DT)
Latitude	51.168333 51° 10' 06.00" N
Longitude	5.470000 005° 28' 12.00" E
Elevation	200 feet 61 meters
Type	Military
Magnetic Variation	000° W (05/06)
Beacon	Yes
Operating Agency	MILITARY
Operating Hours	SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS
International Clearance Status	Airport of Entry
Daylight Saving Time	Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October

Communications
TWR Opr HO.	122.1 314.375 243.4 257.8
TAXI Opr HO.	122.1 278.925
APP Opr HO.	122.5 337.975 362.3 243.4

Runways
ID	Dimensions	Surface	PCN	ILS
05R/23L	7874 x 75 feet 2400 x 23 meters	PART CONCRETE, PART ASPHALT, OR PART BITUMEN-BOUND MACADAM.	045FAWT	NO
05L/23R	10158 x 148 feet 3096 x 45 meters	PART CONCRETE, PART ASPHALT, OR PART BITUMEN-BOUND MACADAM.	109FAWT	YES

Navaids
Type	ID	Name	Channel	Freq	Distance From Field	Bearing From Navaid
TACAN	BBL	KLEINE BROGEL	033X	-	At Field	-
NDB	ONT	KLEINE BROGEL	-	431	4.3 NM	231.3

Supplies/Equipment
Fuel	JP-4, Wide cut turbine fuel MIL Spec T-5624
Oil	O-148, MIL L 7808 (Synthetic Base), Turboprop/Turboshaft Engine O-156, MIL L 23699 (Synthetic Base)Turboprop/Turboshaft Engine SOAP Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program
Other Fluids	SP, Single Point Refueling PRESAIR, Air Compressors rated 3,000PSI or more LHOX, Low and high pressure oxygen servicing LOX, Liquid oxygen servicing OX, Indicates oxygen servicing when type of servicing is unknown
JASU	DSA 300 28v DC 35 amp 115/200v 30kva 400hz 3 phase 4 wire

Remarks
CAUTION	Not all twy avbl for use by transport and/or strategic transport acft. Adhere strictly to taxi instr.
FLUID	De-Ice PRESAIR LHOX LOX
FUEL	J8, 100LL
JASU	1(A1) 1( DSA300)
LGT	ABn coded BL. PAPI Rwy 05 GS 2.5 , PAPI Rwy 23 GS 2.75 . SFL Rwy 05L/23R unrel.
NS ABTMT	Ltd to one lo apch fr a practice GCA or TACAN apch. A go-around followed by a close in pat rstd to a missed apch with lo fuel.
OIL	0-148-156-160,SOAP
OPR HOURS	Opr 0730-1630Z++ Mon-Fri; clsd Sat, Sun and hol.
RSTD	Acft larger than C-130 rqr 3 working days PPR; 6 working days PPR for acft over load classification nr (LCN) 45, state LCN on req. Practice apch proh.
RWY	Rpt LDA for Rwy 05L is 7979', rpt LDA for Rwy 23R is 7959.

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