The Wing Heli was a

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in the Air Component of the

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Mission

The mission of the Wing Heli is to intervene in order to provide aid to the nation, urgent

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and armed support on the national territory, to evacuate Belgian nationals from areas of crisis and to participate in

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operations.

Equipment

* Agusta A109 * Alouette II (retired from service in September 2009)

Battle honours

The standard of the Wing Heli bears the following

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s: *Campaign 1914-1918 *Yser 1917 *Flanders 1918 *Antwerp-Liège-Namur These battle honours were obtained by the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron () during the

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. This standard was presented to the

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Light Aviation by King Baudouin I on 17 May 1979.
On September 9, 2010, Wing Heli was disbanded and the standard was handed over to the Competence Centre Air. The A109BAs moved to Beauvechain to become 1st Wing.

Endnotes

External links

Section of the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence about the Wing Heli
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