Belgian Air Force - FA-111 "Blackbird", this special livery was made for the 75th anniversary of 1st. Squadron, still based at Florennes Air base today.
Belgian Air Force - FA-111 "Blackbird", this special livery was made for the 75th anniversary of 1st. Squadron, still based at Florennes Air base today.
The squadron has a long history of "blackbird"-liveries, typically with black and yellow as most prominent colours.
This tradition dates back to october 1987, when the squadron was still operating Mirage V's, was painted in a similar black and yellow paintsheme.
This paint scheme marked the end of the Mirage V for 1St. SQ, as they started conversion to the F-16 around that same period.